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nimisin

/ˈnimisin/

nimisin noun: a neologism (or other word not in common use) in Toki Pona.

Noun

nimisin (countable and uncountable, plural nimisin or nimisins)

  1. A neologism (or other word not in common use) in Toki Pona.
    • using nimisin is a very personal choice.2021 July 28, neonpixii, Reddit
    • toki pona sillyness ft. my personal nimisin for t4t2023 January 24, glazeliights, Tumblr

Examples of nimisin in a sentence

  • is there an element in toki pona (grammar rule, nimisin etc.) which you have created for yourself and use?2023 November 27, IllustriousPilot6699, Reddit:
  • this is the toki pona nimisin experience2024 December 3, @TeraBytes_11, X (Twitter):

Forms of nimisin

pluralnimisin
pluralnimisins
alternative formnimi sin

Origin of nimisin

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

Questions about nimisin

What does nimisin mean?
Nimisin means a neologism (or other word not in common use) in Toki Pona.
How do you use nimisin in a sentence?
is there an element in toki pona (grammar rule, nimisin etc.) which you have created for yourself and use?
What part of speech is nimisin?
Nimisin is a noun.
How do you pronounce nimisin?
Nimisin is pronounced /ˈnimisin/ (US).
What is the plural of nimisin?
The plural of nimisin is nimisin.

Words near nimisin in the dictionary

  1. nimini-pimini
  2. niminy-piminy
  3. niminy-priminy
  4. nimious
  5. nimiously
  6. nimisin
  7. nimite
  8. Nimitz
  9. nimmed
  10. Nimmegen
  11. nimmer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nimisin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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