Toki Pona Dictionary
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a
- interjah! ha! oh! ooh! aw! (emotion word)
akesi
- nnon-cute animal, reptile, amphibian, dinosaur, monster
ala
- modno, not, none, un-
- nnothingness, negation, zero
- interjno!
alasa
- modhunting-, -hunting, hunting
- nhunting
- vtto hunt, to forage
ale (ali)
- neverything, anything, life, the universe
- modall, every, complete, whole
anpa
- nbottom, down, under, below, floor, beneath
- modlow, lower, bottom
- vtlower, down, defeat, overcome
ante
- ndifference
- moddifferent
- contotherwise, or else
- vtchange, alter, modify
anu
- conjor
awen
- vistay, wait, remain
- vtkeep
- modremaining, stationary, permanent, sedentary
e
- sep(introduces a direct object)
en
- conjand (used to coordinate head nouns)
esun
- nmarket, shop, fair, bazaar, business, transaction
- modcommercial, trade, marketable, for sale, salable, deductible
- vtto buy, to sell, to barter, to swap
ijo
- nthing, something, stuff, anything, object
- modof something
- vtobjectify
ike
- modbad, evil, wrong, evil, overly complex, (figuratively) unhealthy
- interjoh dear! woe! alas!
- nnegativity, evil, badness
- vtto make bad, to worsen, to have a negative effect upon
- vito be bad, to suck
ilo
- ntool, device, machine, thing used for a specific purpose
insa
- ninside, inner world, centre, stomach
- modinternal, central
jaki
- moddirty, gross, filthy
- ndirt, pollution, filth
- vtpollute, dirty
- interjew! yuck!
jan
- nperson, people, human, being, somebody, anybody
- modpersonal, human, somebody's, of people
- vtpersonify, humanize, personalize
jelo
- modyellow, light green
jo
- vthave, contain
- nhaving
- kamareceive, get, take, obtain
kala
- nfish, sea creature
kalama
- nsound, noise, voice
- vimake noise
- vtsound, ring, play (an instrument)
kama
- nevent, happening, chance, arrival, beginning
- modcoming, future
- vicome, become, arrive, happen, pursue actions to arrive to (a certain state), manage to, start to
- vtbring about, summon
kasi
- nplant, leaf, herb, tree, wood
ken
- npossibility, ability, power to do things, permission
- vican, is able to, is allowed to, may, is possible
- vtmake possible, enable, allow, permit
- contit is possible that
kepeken
- vtuse
- prepwith
kili
- nfruit, pulpy vegetable, mushroom
kin
- modalso, too, still, really, even, indeed
- interj*really!, truly!, indeed!
- cont*moreover, indeed, in addition
kipisi
- n*section, fragment, slice
- vt*to cut
kiwen
- nhard thing, rock, stone, metal, mineral, clay
- modhard, solid, stone-like, made of stone or metal
ko
- nsemi-solid or squishy substance; clay, dough, glue, paste, powder, gum
- vtto squash, to pulverize
kon
- nair, wind, odour, soul
- modair-like, ethereal, gaseous
kule
- ncolor, paint
- vtcolor, paint
- modcolourful
kulupu
- ngroup, community, society, company
- modcommunal, shared, public, of the society
kute
- vtlisten, hear
- modauditory, hearing
la
- sep(between adverb or phrase of context and sentence)
lape
- n, visleep, rest
- modsleeping, of sleep
laso
- modblue, blue-green
lawa
- nhead, mind
- modmain, leading, in charge
- vtlead, control, rule, steer
len
- nclothing, cloth, fabric
lete
- ncold
- modcold, uncooked, raw
- vtcool down, chill, freeze
li
- sep(between any subject except mi and sina and its verb; also used to introduce a new verb for the same subject)
lili
- modsmall, little, young, a bit, short, fes, less
- vtreduce, shorten, shrink, lessen
linja
- nlong, very thin, floppy thing, e.g. string, rope, hair, thread, cord, chain
lipu
- nflat and bendable thing, e.g. paper, card, ticket
loje
- modred
lon
- prepbe located in/at/on
- vibe there, be present, be real/true, exist, be awake
luka
- nhand, arm
- modfive
lukin
- vtsee, look at, watch, read
- vilook, watch out, pay attention
- modvisual, to seek to, try to, look for
lupa
- nhole, orifice, window, door
ma
- nland, earth, country, (outdoor) area
mama
- nparent, mother, father
- modof the parent, parental, maternal, fatherly
mani
- nmoney, material wealth, currency, dollar, capital
meli
- nwoman, female, girl, wife, girlfriend
- modfemale, feminine, womanly
mi
- nI, we
- modmy, our
mije
- nman, male, husband, boyfriend
- modmale, masculine, manly
moku
- nfood, meal
- vteat, drink, swallow, ingest, consume
moli
- ndeath
- moddead, deadly, fatal
- vtkill
- vidie, be dead
monsi
- nback, rear end, butt, behind
- modback, rear
monsuta
- n*monster, monstrosity, fearful thing, fright, mythical creatures, fear
mu
- interjwoof! meow! moo! etc. (cute animal noise)
mun
- nmoon, night sky object
- modlunar
musi
- nfun, playing, game, recreation, art, entertainment
- modartful, fun, recreational
- viplay, have fun
- vtamuse, entertain
mute
- modmany, several, very, much, a lot, abundant, numerous, more
- namount, quantity
- vtmake many or much
namako
- n*spice, something extra, food additive, accessory
- vt*to spice, to flavor, to decorate
- mod*spicy, piquant
nanpa
- nnumber
- oth-th (ordinal numbers)
nasa
- modsilly, crazy, foolish, drunk, strange, stupid, weird
- vtdrive crazy, make weird
nasin
- nway, manner, custom, road, path, doctrine, system, method
nena
- nbump, hill, mountain, button, nose
ni
- modthis, that
nimi
- nword, name
noka
- nleg, foot
o
- sepO (vocative or imperative)
- interjhey! (calling somebody's attention)
oko
- neye
olin
- nlove
- modlove
- vtto love (a person)
ona
- nhe, she, it, they
- modhis, her, its, their
open
- vtopen, turn on
pakala
- nblunder, accident, mistake, destruction, damage, breaking
- vtscrew up, fuck up, botch, ruin, break, hurt, injure, damage, bungle, spoil, ruin
- viscrew up, fall apart, break
- interjdamn! fuck!
pali
- nactivity, work, deed, project
- modactive, work-related, operating, working
- vtdo, make, build, create
- viact, work, function
palisa
- nlong, mostly hard object, e.g. rod, stick, branch
pan
- ncereal, grain, barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat, bread, pasta
pana
- vtgive, put, send, place, release, emit, cause
- ngiving, transfer, exchange
pi
- sepof, belonging to
pilin
- nfeelings, emotion, heart
- vifeel
- vtfeel, think, sense, touch
pimeja
- modblack, dark
- ndarkness, shadows
- vtdarken
pini
- nend, tip
- modcompleted, finished, past, done, ago
- vtfinish, close, end, turn off
pipi
- nbug, insect, spider
poka
- nside, hip, next to
- modneighboring
- prepin the accompaniment of, with
poki
- ncontainer, box, bowl, cup, glass
pona
- ngood, simplicity, positivity
- modgood, simple, positive, nice, correct, right
- interjgreat! good! thanks! OK! cool! yay!
- vtimprove, fix, repair, make good
pu
- nbuying and interacting with the official Toki Pona book
- modbuying and interacting with the official Toki Pona book
- vtto apply (the official Toki Pona book) to…
- vito buy and to read (the official Toki Pona book)
sama
- modsame, similar, equal, of equal status or position
- preplike, as, seem
- contsimilarly, in the same way that
seli
- nfire, warmth, heat
- modhot, warm, cooked
- vtheat, warm up, cook
selo
- noutside, surface, skin, shell, bark, shape, peel
seme
- othwhat, which, wh- (question word)
sewi
- nhigh, up, above, top, over, on
- modsuperior, elevated, religious, formal
sijelo
- nbody, physical state
sike
- ncircle, wheel, sphere, ball, cycle
- modround, cyclical
sin
- modnew, fresh, another, more
- vtrenew, renovate, freshen
sina
- nyou
- modyour
sinpin
- nfront, chest, torso, wall
sitelen
- npicture, image
- vtdraw, write
sona
- nknowledge, wisdom, intelligence, understanding
- vtknow, understand, know how to
- viknow, understand
- kamalearn, study
soweli
- nanimal, especially land mammal, lovable animal
suli
- modbig, tall, long, adult, important
- vtenlarge, lengthen
- nsize
suno
- nsun, light
supa
- nhorizontal surface, e.g. furniture, table, chair, pillow, floor
suwi
- ncandy, sweet food
- modsweet, cute
- vtsweeten
tan
- prepfrom, by, because of, since
- norigin, cause
taso
- modonly, sole
- conjbut
tawa
- prepto, in order to, towards, for, until
- nmovement, transportation
- modmoving, mobile
- vigo, leave, walk, travel, move
- vtmove, displace
telo
- nwater, liquid, juice, sauce
- vtwater, wash with water
tenpo
- ntime, period of time, moment, duration, situation
toki
- nlanguage, talking, speech, communication
- vtsay
- vitalk, chat, communicate
- interjhello! hi!
tomo
- nindoor constructed space, e.g. house, home, room, building
- modurban, domestic, household
tonsi
- mod*queer, non-binary, gender non-conforming
tu
- modtwo
- nduo, pair
- vtdouble, separate/cut/divide in two
unpa
- nsex, sexuality
- moderotic, sexual
- vthave sex with, sleep with, fuck
- vihave sex
uta
- nmouth
- modoral
utala
- nconflict, disharmony, competition, fight, war, battle, attack, blow, argument, physical or verbal violence
- vthit, strike, attack, compete against
walo
- modwhite, light (colour)
- nwhite thing/part, whiteness, lightness
wan
- modone, a
- nunit, element, particle, part, piece
- vtunite, make one
waso
- nbird, winged animal
wawa
- nenergy, strength, power
- modenergetic, strong, fierce, intense, sure, confident
- vtstrengthen, energize, empower
weka
- modaway, absent, missing
- nabsence
- vtthrow away, remove, get rid of
wile
- vtto want, need, wish, have to, must, will, should
- ndesire, need, will
- modnecessary