nimisin

/ˈnimisin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"using nimisin is a very personal choice."
"toki pona sillyness ft. my personal nimisin for t4t"
"is there an element in toki pona (grammar rule, nimisin etc.) which you have created for yourself and use?"
"this is the toki pona nimisin experience"

From Toki Pona nimi sin (literally “new word”), formed from nimi (“word”) (from Finnish nimi) + sin (“new”) (from Mandarin 新 (xīn, “new, fresh”)).

nimisins (plural) nimi sin (alternative)

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How do you pronounce nimisin?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnimisin/.

What does nimisin mean?

A neologism (or other word not in common use) in Toki Pona.

Where does nimisin come from?

From Toki Pona nimi sin (literally “new word”), formed from nimi (“word”) (from Finnish nimi) + sin (“new”) (from Mandarin 新 (xīn, “new, fresh”)).

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