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toki pona
taken from lipu Linku, on November 2022. :3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | (emphasis, emotion or confirmation) |
| akesi | non-cute animal; reptile, amphibian |
| ala | no, not, zero; (used to form a yes-no question); nothing |
| alasa | to hunt, forage, seek | ALT (pv.) try to, attempt |
| ale | all; abundant, countless, bountiful, every, plentiful; abundance, everything, life, universe; one hundred | ALT 100 |
| ali | [alternate form of ale] |
| anpa | bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent | ALT bottom, lower part, under, below, floor, beneath; low, lower, bottom, down |
| ante | different, altered, changed, other |
| anu | or | ALT choose, decide |
| apeja | guilt, shame, shun, stigma, disgrace; to accuse, to single out, to expose, to dishonor, to embarrass (uncommon) |
| awen | enduring, kept, protected, safe, waiting, staying; (pv.) to continue to, to keep |
| e | (before the direct object) |
| en | (between multiple subjects) |
| epiku | epic, cool, awesome, amazing (uncommon) |
| esun | market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transaction |
| ijo | thing, phenomenon, object, matter |
| ike | bad, negative; non-essential, irrelevant | ALT complicated, complex |
| ilo | tool, implement, machine, device |
| insa | centre, content, inside, between; internal organ, stomach |
| isipin | to think, brainstorm, rationalize, conclude, ponder (rare) |
| jaki | disgusting, obscene, sickly, toxic, unclean, unsanitary |
| jan | human being, person, somebody |
| jasima | reflect, resound, mirror, be on the opposite/polar end of (uncommon) |
| jelo | yellow, yellowish |
| jo | to have, carry, contain, hold |
| kala | fish, marine animal, sea creature |
| kalama | to produce a sound; recite, utter aloud |
| kama | arriving, coming, future, summoned; (pv.) to become, manage to, succeed in |
| kapesi | brown, gray (rare) |
| kasi | plant, vegetation; herb, leaf |
| ken | to be able to, be allowed to, can, may; possible |
| kepeken | to use, with, by means of |
| kijetesantakalu | any animal from the Procyonidae family, such as raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles | ALT any animal from the Musteloidea superfamily, including raccoons, weasels, otters, skunks, and red pandas |
| kiki | spiky, sharp, angle, point, triangular |
| kili | fruit, vegetable, mushroom |
| kin | similar to a | ALT indeed, too, also, as well |
| kipisi | split, cut, slice, sever; sharp |
| kiwen | hard object, metal, rock, stone |
| ko | clay, clinging form, dough, semi-solid, paste, powder |
| kokosila | to speak a non-Toki Pona language in an environment where Toki Pona is more appropriate (uncommon) |
| kon | air, breath; essence, spirit; hidden reality, unseen agent |
| ku | interacting with the Toki Pona Dictionary by Sonja Lang |
| kule | colorful, pigmented, painted | ALT of or relating to the LGBT+ community |
| kulupu | community, company, group, nation, society, tribe |
| kute | ear; to hear, listen; pay attention to, obey |
| la | (between the context phrase and the main sentence) |
| lanpan | take, seize, catch, receive, get (uncommon-ish) |
| lape | sleeping, resting |
| laso | blue, green |
| lawa | head, mind; to control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, regulate, rule |
| leko | stairs, square, block, corner, cube |
| len | cloth, clothing, fabric, textile; cover, layer of privacy |
| lete | cold, cool; uncooked, raw |
| li | (between any subject except mi alone or sina alone and its verb; also to introduce a new verb for the same subject) |
| lili | little, small, short; few; a bit; young |
| linja | long and flexible thing; cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn | ALT line, connection |
| linluwi | network, internet, connection; weave, braid, interlace (uncommon) |
| lipu | flat object; book, document, card, paper, record, website |
| loje | red, reddish |
| lon | located at, present at, real, true, existing | ALT (affirmative response) |
| luka | arm, hand, tactile organ; five | ALT touch/feel physically, interact, press |
| lukin | eye; look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch; look for, seek; (pv.) try to |
| lupa | door, hole, orifice, window |
| ma | earth, land; outdoors, world; country, territory; soil |
| majuna | old, aged, ancient (uncommon) |
| mama | parent, ancestor; creator, originator; caretaker, sustainer |
| mani | money, cash, savings, wealth; large domesticated animal |
| meli | woman, female, feminine person; wife |
| meso | midpoint, medium, mediocre; neither one not the other, neither fully is nor isn't (uncommon-ish) |
| mi | I, me, we, us |
| mije | man, male, masculine person; husband |
| misa | Glires or Eulipotyphla; rat, mouse, squirrel, rabbit, rodent; {~ suli} capybara (rare) |
| misikeke | medicine, medical (uncommon-ish) |
| moku | to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest |
| moli | dead, dying |
| monsi | back, behind, rear |
| monsuta | fear, dread; monster, predator; threat, danger |
| mu | (animal noise or communication) | ALT (non-speech vocalization) |
| mun | moon, night sky object, star | ALT glow, glowing light, light in the dark |
| musi | artistic, entertaining, frivolous, playful, recreation |
| mute | many, a lot, more, much, several, very; quantity | ALT three (or more), 20 |
| n | (indicates thinking, pondering, recognition, agreement, or humming) (uncommon-ish) |
| namako | similar to sin | ALT embellishment, spice; extra, additional |
| nanpa | -th (ordinal number); numbers |
| nasa | unusual, strange; silly; drunk, intoxicated |
| nasin | way, custom, doctrine, method, path, road |
| nena | bump, button, hill, mountain, nose, protuberance |
| ni | that, this |
| nimi | name, word |
| nimisin | any non-pu word; any new word; any joke word (rare) |
| noka | foot, leg, organ of locomotion; bottom, lower part | ALT ten; twenty; negative five |
| o | hey! O! (vocative, imperative, or optative) |
| oke | (acknowledgement or acceptance) (rare) |
| oko | similar to lukin | ALT eye, ocular, visual {cf. lukin} (uncommon-ish) |
| olin | love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to |
| omekapo | goodbye, farewell, see you later, eat a good fish (rare) |
| ona | he, she, it, they |
| open | begin, start; open; turn on |
| pakala | botched, broken, damaged, harmed, messed up | ALT (curse expletive) |
| pake | stop, cease, halt; to block the way, to interrupt; to prevent (rare) |
| pali | do, take action on, work on; build, make, prepare |
| palisa | long hard thing; branch, rod, stick |
| pan | cereal, grain; barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat; bread, pasta |
| pana | give, send, emit, provide, put, release |
| pi | of (used to divide a second noun group that describes a first noun group) | ALT (introduces a genitive noun) |
| pilin | heart (physical or emotional); feeling (an emotion, a direct experience) |
| pimeja | black, dark, unlit |
| pini | ago, completed, ended, finished, past |
| pipi | bug, insect, ant, spider |
| poka | hip, side; next to, nearby, vicinity | ALT along with (comitative), beside |
| poki | container, bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel |
| pona | good, positive, useful; friendly, peaceful; simple |
| powe | unreal, false, untrue; pretend; deceive, trick (uncommon) |
| pu | interacting with the official Toki Pona book |
| puwa | fluffy, soft, squishy (something that can be compressed and will try to go back to its original shape) (rare) |
| sama | same, similar; each other; sibling, peer, fellow; as, like |
| seli | fire; cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source |
| selo | outer form, outer layer; bark, peel, shell, skin; boundary |
| seme | what? which? |
| sewi | area above, highest part, something elevated; awe-inspiring, divine, sacred, supernatural |
| sijelo | body (of person or animal), physical state, torso |
| sike | round or circular thing; ball, circle, cycle, sphere, wheel; of one year |
| sin | new, fresh; additional, another, extra |
| sina | you |
| sinpin | face, foremost, front, wall |
| sitelen | image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing |
| soko | fungus, fungi |
| sona | know, be skilled in, be wise about, have information on; (pv.) know how to |
| soweli | animal, beast, land mammal |
| suli | big, heavy, large, long, tall; important; adult |
| suno | sun; light, brightness, glow, radiance, shine; light source |
| supa | horizontal surface, thing to put or rest something on |
| suwi | sweet, fragrant; cute, innocent, adorable |
| taki | sticky, magnetic; bond, attract, attach, clip (rare) |
| tan | by, from, because of; origin, cause |
| taso | but, however; only |
| tawa | going to, toward; for; from the perspective of; moving | ALT (pv.) going to |
| te | (particle introducing a quote) (rare) |
| telo | water, liquid, fluid, wet substance; beverages |
| tenpo | time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation |
| to | (particle closing a quote) (rare) |
| toki | communicate, say, speak, talk, use language, think; hello |
| tomo | indoor space; building, home, house, room |
| tonsi | non-binary, gender-non-conforming | ALT trans, non-cisgender |
| tu | two | ALT separate, cut |
| unpa | have sexual relations with |
| unu | purple (rare) |
| usawi | magic, sorcery; enchant; magical, supernatural, occult, incomprehensible (rare) |
| uta | mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw |
| utala | battle, challenge, compete against, struggle against |
| wa | [interjection] indicating awe or amazement (rare) |
| walo | white, whitish; light-coloured, pale |
| wan | unique, united; one |
| waso | bird, flying creature, winged animal |
| wawa | strong, powerful; confident, sure; energetic, intense |
| weka | absent, away, ignored |
| wile | must, need, require, should, want, wish |
| wuwojiti | to use one or more of the "banned" syllables wu, wo, ji, or ti; to break toki pona phonotactics (rare) |
| yupekoti | to behave like George Lucas and revise your old creative works and actually make them worse (rare) |
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junelegume
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