misikeke
Meaning
Common Definition
medical item or practice e.g. prescriptions, meditation, exercise, bandages, therapy
ku definitions
cure², medical², medication³, medicine³, & pill²
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Commentary
The word was used privately by jan Sonja up until November 2019, when she mentioned it in the ma pona pi toki pona discord server as a word she was experimenting with. It is believed the word was originally coined in 2007-2009 alongside pan, esun, apeja, monsuta, and pu, but this cannot be proven.
Origin
- Ojibwe: mashkiki; medicine, drug
- Created by: jan Sonja
- Coined in: 2019, post-pu
Usage Data
- Category: common
- Usage: 63%
- Book: ku suli
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