DICTIONARY a
interj
ah, ha, uh, oh, ooh, aw, well (emotion word)akesi
n
non-cute animal, reptile, amphibianala
n
nothing, negation, zeromod
no, not, none, un-interj
no!alasa
vt
gather, huntale
n
everything, anything, life, the universemod
all, every, complete, wholeanpa
n
bottom, lower part, under, below, floor, beneathmod
low, lower, bottom, downante
n
differencemod
differentvt
change, alter, modifyconj
otherwise, or elseanu
conj
orawen
mod
remaining, stationary, permanent, sedentaryvt
keepvi
stay, wait, remaine
sep
(introduces a direct object)en
conj
and (used to coordinate head nouns)esun
n
market, shopijo
n
thing, something, stuff, anything, objectmod
of somethingvt
objectifyike
n
negativity, badness, evilmod
bad, negative, wrong, evil, overly complex, (figuratively) unhealthyvt
be bad, to make bad, to worsen, to have a negative effect uponvi
to be bad, to suckinterj
oh dear! woe! alas!ilo
n
tool, device, machine, thing used for a specific purposeinsa
n
inside, inner world, centre, stomachmod
inner, internaljaki
n
dirt, pollution, garbage, filthmod
dirty, gross, filthyvt
pollute, dirtyinterj
ew! yuck!jan
n
person, people, human, being, somebody, anybodymod
human, somebody's, personal, of peoplevt
personify, humanize, personalizejelo
mod
yellow, light greenjo
n
havingvt
have, containkala
n
fish, sea creaturekalama
n
event, happening, chance, arrival, beginningmod
coming, futurevt
bring about, summonvi
come, become, arrive, happen, pursue actions to arrive to (a certain state), manage to, start tokasi
n
plant, leaf, herb, tree, woodken
n
possibility, ability, power to do things, permissionvt
make possible, enable, allow, permitvi
can, is able to, is allowed to, may, is possiblekepeken
vt
usekijetesantakalu
n
racoon, any animal from the Procyonidae family such as raccoons coatis kinkajous olingos ringtails and cacomistleskili
n
fruit, pulpy vegetable, mushroomkin
mod
also, too, even, indeed (emphasizes the word(s) before it)kipisi
vt
cut, split, slicevi
cut, split, slicekiwen
n
rock, hard thing, stone, metal, mineral, claymod
hard, solid, stone-like, made of stone or metalko
n
semi-solid or squishy substance, e.g. paste, powder, gumkon
n
air, wind, smell, soulmod
air-like, ethereal, gaseouskule
n
colour, paintmod
colourfulvt
colour, paintkulupu
n
group, community, society, company, peoplemod
communal, shared, public, of the societykute
mod
auditory, hearingvt
listen, hearla
sep
(between adverb or phrase of context and sentence)lape
n
sleep, restmod
sleeping, of sleepvt
sleep, restlaso
mod
blue, blue-greenlawa
n
head, mindmod
main, leading, in chargevt
lead, control, rule, steerlen
n
clothing, cloth, fabriclete
n
coldmod
cold, uncookedvt
cool down, chillli
sep
"(between any subject except mi and sina and its verb; also used to introduce a new verb for the same subject)"lili
mod
small, little, young, a bit, short, few, lessvt
reduce, shorten, shrink, lessenlinja
n
long, very thin, floppy thing, e.g. string, rope, hair, thread, cord, chainlipu
n
flat and bendable thing, e.g. paper, card, ticketloje
mod
redlon
vi
be there, be present, be real/true, exist, be awakeluka
n
hand, armlukin
mod
visual(ly)vt
see, look at, watch, readvi
look, watch out, pay attentionlupa
n
hole, orifice, window, doorma
n
land, earth, country, (outdoor) areamama
n
parent, mother, fathermod
of the parent, parental, maternal, fatherlymani
n
money, material wealth, currency, dollar, capitalmeli
n
woman, female, girl, wife, girlfriendmod
female, feminine, womanlymi
n
I, wemod
my, ourmije
n
man, male, boy, husband, boyfriendmod
male, masculine, manlymoku
n
food, mealvt
eat, drink, swallow, ingest, consumemoli
n
deathmod
dead, deadly, fatalvt
killvi
die, be deadmonsi
n
back, rear end, butt, behindmod
back, rearmu
interj
woof! meow! moo! etc. (cute animal noise)mun
n
moonmod
lunarmusi
n
fun, playing, game, recreation, art, entertainmentmod
artful, fun, recreationalvt
amuse, entertainvi
play, have funmute
n
amount, quantitymod
many, very, much, several, a lot, abundant, numerous, morevt
make many or muchnamako
n
food additive, accessory, something extravt
season, embellish, stimulatenanpa
n
numberspecial
-th (ordinal numbers)nasa
mod
silly, crazy, foolish, drunk, strange, stupid, weirdvt
drive crazy, make weirdnasin
n
way, manner, custom, road, path, doctrine, system, methodnena
n
bump, nose, hill, mountain, buttonni
mod
this, thatnimi
n
word, namenoka
n
leg, footo
interj
hey! (calling somebody's attention)sep
O (vocative or imperative)oko
n
eyeolin
n
lovemod
lovevt
loveona
n
they, she, he, itmod
their, her, his, itsopen
vt
open, turn onpakala
n
blunder, accident, mistake, destruction, damage, breakingvt
screw up, fuck up, botch, ruin, break, hurt, injure, damage, spoil, ruinvi
screw up, fall apart, breakinterj
damn! fuck!pali
n
activity, work, deed, projectmod
active, work-related, operating, workingvt
do, make, build, createvi
act, work, functionpalisa
n
long, mostly hard object, e.g. rod, stick, branchpan
n
grain, cerealpana
n
giving, transfer, exchangevt
give, put, send, place, release, emit, causepi
sep
of, belonging topilin
n
feelings, emotion, heartvt
feel, think, sense, touchvi
feelpimeja
n
darkness, shadowsmod
black, darkvt
darkenpini
n
end, tipmod
completed, finished, past, done, agovt
finish, close, end, turn offpipi
n
bug, insect, spiderpoka
n
side, hip, next tomod
neighbouringpoki
n
container, box, bowl, cup, glasspona
n
good, simplicity, positivitymod
good, simple, positive, nice, correct, rightvt
improve, fix, repair, make goodvi
be goodinterj
great! good! thanks! OK! cool! yay!pu
n
buying and interacting with the official Toki Pona bookvt
apply the official Toki Pona bookvi
buy or interact with the official Toki Pona booksama
mod
same, similar, equal, of equal status or positionseli
n
fire, warmth, heatmod
hot, warm, cookedvt
heat, warm up, cookselo
n
outside, surface, skin, shell, bark, shape, peelseme
special
what, which, wh- (question word)sewi
n
high, up, above, top, over, onmod
superior, elevated, religious, formalsijelo
n
body, physical statesike
n
circle, wheel, sphere, ball, cyclemod
round, cyclicalsin
mod
new, fresh, another, morevt
renew, renovate, freshensina
n
youmod
yoursinpin
n
front, chest, torso, face, wallsitelen
n
picture, imagevt
draw, writesona
n
knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, understandingvt
know, understand, know how tovi
know, understandsoweli
n
animal, especially land mammal, lovable animalsuli
n
sizemod
big, tall, long, adult, importantvt
enlarge, lengthensuno
n
sun, lightsupa
n
horizontal surface, e.g furniture, table, chair, pillow, floorsuwi
n
candy, sweet foodmod
sweet, cutevt
sweetentan
n
origin, causetaso
mod
only, soleconj
buttawa
n
movement, transportationmod
moving, mobilevt
move, displacevi
go to, walk, travel, move, leavetelo
n
water, liquid, juice, saucemod
liquid, watery, wetvt
water, wash with watertenpo
n
time, period of time, moment, duration, situationtoki
n
language, talking, speech, communicationmod
talking, verbalvt
sayvi
talk, chat, communicateinterj
hello! hi!tomo
n
indoor constructed space, e.g. house, home, room, buildingmod
urban, domestic, householdtu
n
duo, pairmod
twovt
double, separate/cut/divide in twounpa
n
sex, sexualitymod
erotic, sexualvt
have sex with, sleep with, fuckvi
have sexuta
n
mouthmod
oralutala
n
conflict, disharmony, competition, fight, war, battle, attack, blow, argument, physical or verbal violencevt
hit, strike, attack, compete againstwalo
n
white thing or part, whiteness, lightnessmod
white, light (colour)wan
n
unit, element, particle, part, piecemod
one, avt
unite, make onewaso
n
bird, winged animalwawa
n
energy, strength, powermod
energetic, strong, fierce, intense, sure, confidentvt
strengthen, energize, empowerweka
n
absencemod
away, absent, missingvt
throw away, remove, get rid ofwile
n
desire, need, willmod
necessaryvt
to want, need, wish, have to, must, will, should