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This is a list of words in Toki Pona, a philosophical artistic constructed language. These common words are always written in lowercase; capital letters are used only for proper names, such as the names of people. [1] [2]
A few Toki Pona words are grammatical particles that are required to indicate sentence structure. The rest are content words with broad lexical meanings. Content words do not fall into well defined parts of speech; rather, they may be used generally as nouns, verbs, modifiers, or interjections depending on context or their position in a phrase. For example, ona li moku may mean "they ate" or "it is food". [1] [3]
In Toki Pona: The Language of Good, language creator Sonja Lang presents around 120 words (referred to as nimi pu), while the later Toki Pona Dictionary lists 137 "essential" words and a number of less-used ones (referred to as nimi ku). [a] While there are many other words in the language, they are mostly archaic or otherwise used by very few speakers.
Toki Pona word | English meaning | sitelen pona | sitelen sitelen |
---|---|---|---|
a | interjection | ||
akesi | lizard or reptile | ||
ala | no, not, zero | ||
alasa | hunt | ||
ale | all, 100 | ||
ali | |||
anpa | down, lowly | ||
ante | different, other | ||
anu | or | ||
apeja | (uncommon) shame, guilt | ||
awen | enduring, wait, continue | ||
e | direct object marker | ||
en | and (only used between multiple subjects) | ||
epiku | (humorous) epic | ||
esun | market, trade | ||
ijo | thing, object, matter | ||
ike | bad, superfluous | ||
iki | (archaic, obscure) he, she, it, they[ citation needed] | ||
ilo | tool, device | ||
insa | inside, stomach | ||
jaki | dirty, disgusting | ||
jan | person, human | ||
jasima | (uncommon) reflection, mirror | ||
jelo | yellow, light green | ||
jo | have, hold | ||
kala | fish, sea creature | ||
kalama | sound, noise, recite | ||
kama | come, become | ||
kan | (archaic, obscure) with, together | ||
kapa | (archaic, obscure) bump, hill[ citation needed] | ||
kapesi | (rare) brown, grey | ||
kasi | plant | ||
ken | can, possible | ||
kepeken | using | ||
kijetesantakalu | raccoon | ||
kili | fruit, vegetable | ||
kin | also, too | ||
kipisi | cut, divide, part | ||
kiwen | hard, solid, stone | ||
ko | paste, powder | ||
kokosila | (uncommon, humorous) speak another language when Toki Pona would be more appropriate | ||
kon | air, spirit | ||
ku | relating to Toki Pona Dictionary | ||
kule | color, painted | ||
kulupu | group, community | ||
kute | ear, hear, listen, obey | ||
la | (context phrase marker) | ||
lanpan | grab, seize, steal | ||
lape | sleep, rest | ||
laso | blue, green | ||
lawa | head, mind, control, lead | ||
leko | block, square | ||
len | cloth, clothing, cover, privacy | ||
lete | cold, cool, raw | ||
li | ( predicate marker) | ||
lili | small, little, young | ||
linja | line, string, hair | ||
lipu | flat object, paper, document | ||
loje | red | ||
lon | at, in, on, real, true, exist | ||
luka | hand, arm, five | ||
lukin | eye, see, look at, try | ||
lupa | hole, door, orifice, window | ||
ma | land, earth, country | ||
mama | parent, ancestor, creator, caretaker | ||
mani | money, wealth, cattle | ||
meli | woman, female, feminine, wife | ||
meso | average, medium | ||
mi | I, me, we, us | ||
mije | man, male, masculine, husband | ||
misikeke | medicine, cure | ||
moku | eat, consume, food | ||
moli | dead, die, death, kill | ||
monsi | back, rear | ||
monsuta | monster, fear, danger, scary | ||
mu | animal onomotopeia (moo, meow, etc.) | ||
mun | moon, night sky object | ||
musi | fun, playing, game, recreation, art, entertainment | ||
mute | many, very, much, several, a lot, abundant, numerous, more | ||
n | um, hmm | ||
namako | extra, additional, spice, season, embellish | ||
nanpa | number, ordinal indicator | ||
nasa | strange, silly, drunk, (nonstandard, proscribed) foolish, crazy | ||
nasin | way, manner, custom, road, path, doctrine, system, method | ||
nena | bump, hill, mountain, button, nose | ||
ni | this, that | ||
nimi | word, name | ||
noka | leg, foot, organ of locomotion; base | ||
o | O! (vocative or imperative) | ||
oko | eye | ||
olin | love, respect | ||
ona | he, she, it, they | ||
open | open, begin | ||
pakala | blunder, accident, mistake, destruction, damage, break | ||
pali | make, activity, work, deed, project | ||
palisa | long hard object (e.g. rod, stick, branch) | ||
pan | grain, cereal; bread, pasta | ||
pana | give, put, send, place, release, emit | ||
pasila | (archaic, obscure) easy[ citation needed] | ||
pata | (archaic, obscure) sibling | ||
pi | (modifier phrase marker) | ||
pilin | feelings, emotion, heart | ||
pimeja | black, dark, shadow | ||
pini | end, finish, stop, past | ||
pipi | bug, insect | ||
po | (archaic, obscure) four | ||
poka | side, hip, next to, vicinity | ||
poki | container, box, bowl | ||
pona | good, simple, useful | ||
powe | (uncommon) false, fake, deceptive | ||
pu | relating to Toki Pona: The Language of Good | ||
sama | same, similar, equal, like | ||
seli | fire, warmth, heat | ||
selo | outside, surface, skin, boundary | ||
seme | what, which | ||
sewi | high, up, above, sacred | ||
sijelo | body, physical state, torso | ||
sike | circle, wheel, ball, year | ||
sin | new, fresh, another | ||
sina | you | ||
sinpin | front, wall, chest, face | ||
sitelen | picture, image, write, draw | ||
soko | mushroom, fungus | ||
sona | know, information, wisdom | ||
soweli | animal, (especially) land mammal | ||
suli | big, tall, long, important, adult | ||
suno | sun, light | ||
supa | horizontal supporting surface, platform, furniture, table, chair | ||
suwi | sweet, cute, sugar | ||
tan | from, because of, cause | ||
taso | but, only | ||
tawa | to, for, move, go | ||
telo | water, liquid, wet, wash, beverage | ||
tenpo | time, moment, period, situation | ||
toki | say, speech, language | ||
tomo | house, building, room | ||
tonsi | non-binary | ||
tu | two, halve | ||
tuli | (archaic, obscure) three | ||
unpa | sex, sexual | ||
unu | (rare) purple | ||
uta | mouth, lips, jaw, oral | ||
utala | conflict, battle, fight, compete | ||
walo | white, light-colored | ||
wan | one, unique, unite | ||
waso | bird, winged animal | ||
wawa | strong, power, energy | ||
weka | away, absent, missing | ||
wile | want, need, desire, must |
tomaszewski-2012a
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).morin-2015b
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).
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Last edited by
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Finished drafting? or |
This is a list of words in Toki Pona, a philosophical artistic constructed language. These common words are always written in lowercase; capital letters are used only for proper names, such as the names of people. [1] [2]
A few Toki Pona words are grammatical particles that are required to indicate sentence structure. The rest are content words with broad lexical meanings. Content words do not fall into well defined parts of speech; rather, they may be used generally as nouns, verbs, modifiers, or interjections depending on context or their position in a phrase. For example, ona li moku may mean "they ate" or "it is food". [1] [3]
In Toki Pona: The Language of Good, language creator Sonja Lang presents around 120 words (referred to as nimi pu), while the later Toki Pona Dictionary lists 137 "essential" words and a number of less-used ones (referred to as nimi ku). [a] While there are many other words in the language, they are mostly archaic or otherwise used by very few speakers.
Toki Pona word | English meaning | sitelen pona | sitelen sitelen |
---|---|---|---|
a | interjection | ||
akesi | lizard or reptile | ||
ala | no, not, zero | ||
alasa | hunt | ||
ale | all, 100 | ||
ali | |||
anpa | down, lowly | ||
ante | different, other | ||
anu | or | ||
apeja | (uncommon) shame, guilt | ||
awen | enduring, wait, continue | ||
e | direct object marker | ||
en | and (only used between multiple subjects) | ||
epiku | (humorous) epic | ||
esun | market, trade | ||
ijo | thing, object, matter | ||
ike | bad, superfluous | ||
iki | (archaic, obscure) he, she, it, they[ citation needed] | ||
ilo | tool, device | ||
insa | inside, stomach | ||
jaki | dirty, disgusting | ||
jan | person, human | ||
jasima | (uncommon) reflection, mirror | ||
jelo | yellow, light green | ||
jo | have, hold | ||
kala | fish, sea creature | ||
kalama | sound, noise, recite | ||
kama | come, become | ||
kan | (archaic, obscure) with, together | ||
kapa | (archaic, obscure) bump, hill[ citation needed] | ||
kapesi | (rare) brown, grey | ||
kasi | plant | ||
ken | can, possible | ||
kepeken | using | ||
kijetesantakalu | raccoon | ||
kili | fruit, vegetable | ||
kin | also, too | ||
kipisi | cut, divide, part | ||
kiwen | hard, solid, stone | ||
ko | paste, powder | ||
kokosila | (uncommon, humorous) speak another language when Toki Pona would be more appropriate | ||
kon | air, spirit | ||
ku | relating to Toki Pona Dictionary | ||
kule | color, painted | ||
kulupu | group, community | ||
kute | ear, hear, listen, obey | ||
la | (context phrase marker) | ||
lanpan | grab, seize, steal | ||
lape | sleep, rest | ||
laso | blue, green | ||
lawa | head, mind, control, lead | ||
leko | block, square | ||
len | cloth, clothing, cover, privacy | ||
lete | cold, cool, raw | ||
li | ( predicate marker) | ||
lili | small, little, young | ||
linja | line, string, hair | ||
lipu | flat object, paper, document | ||
loje | red | ||
lon | at, in, on, real, true, exist | ||
luka | hand, arm, five | ||
lukin | eye, see, look at, try | ||
lupa | hole, door, orifice, window | ||
ma | land, earth, country | ||
mama | parent, ancestor, creator, caretaker | ||
mani | money, wealth, cattle | ||
meli | woman, female, feminine, wife | ||
meso | average, medium | ||
mi | I, me, we, us | ||
mije | man, male, masculine, husband | ||
misikeke | medicine, cure | ||
moku | eat, consume, food | ||
moli | dead, die, death, kill | ||
monsi | back, rear | ||
monsuta | monster, fear, danger, scary | ||
mu | animal onomotopeia (moo, meow, etc.) | ||
mun | moon, night sky object | ||
musi | fun, playing, game, recreation, art, entertainment | ||
mute | many, very, much, several, a lot, abundant, numerous, more | ||
n | um, hmm | ||
namako | extra, additional, spice, season, embellish | ||
nanpa | number, ordinal indicator | ||
nasa | strange, silly, drunk, (nonstandard, proscribed) foolish, crazy | ||
nasin | way, manner, custom, road, path, doctrine, system, method | ||
nena | bump, hill, mountain, button, nose | ||
ni | this, that | ||
nimi | word, name | ||
noka | leg, foot, organ of locomotion; base | ||
o | O! (vocative or imperative) | ||
oko | eye | ||
olin | love, respect | ||
ona | he, she, it, they | ||
open | open, begin | ||
pakala | blunder, accident, mistake, destruction, damage, break | ||
pali | make, activity, work, deed, project | ||
palisa | long hard object (e.g. rod, stick, branch) | ||
pan | grain, cereal; bread, pasta | ||
pana | give, put, send, place, release, emit | ||
pasila | (archaic, obscure) easy[ citation needed] | ||
pata | (archaic, obscure) sibling | ||
pi | (modifier phrase marker) | ||
pilin | feelings, emotion, heart | ||
pimeja | black, dark, shadow | ||
pini | end, finish, stop, past | ||
pipi | bug, insect | ||
po | (archaic, obscure) four | ||
poka | side, hip, next to, vicinity | ||
poki | container, box, bowl | ||
pona | good, simple, useful | ||
powe | (uncommon) false, fake, deceptive | ||
pu | relating to Toki Pona: The Language of Good | ||
sama | same, similar, equal, like | ||
seli | fire, warmth, heat | ||
selo | outside, surface, skin, boundary | ||
seme | what, which | ||
sewi | high, up, above, sacred | ||
sijelo | body, physical state, torso | ||
sike | circle, wheel, ball, year | ||
sin | new, fresh, another | ||
sina | you | ||
sinpin | front, wall, chest, face | ||
sitelen | picture, image, write, draw | ||
soko | mushroom, fungus | ||
sona | know, information, wisdom | ||
soweli | animal, (especially) land mammal | ||
suli | big, tall, long, important, adult | ||
suno | sun, light | ||
supa | horizontal supporting surface, platform, furniture, table, chair | ||
suwi | sweet, cute, sugar | ||
tan | from, because of, cause | ||
taso | but, only | ||
tawa | to, for, move, go | ||
telo | water, liquid, wet, wash, beverage | ||
tenpo | time, moment, period, situation | ||
toki | say, speech, language | ||
tomo | house, building, room | ||
tonsi | non-binary | ||
tu | two, halve | ||
tuli | (archaic, obscure) three | ||
unpa | sex, sexual | ||
unu | (rare) purple | ||
uta | mouth, lips, jaw, oral | ||
utala | conflict, battle, fight, compete | ||
walo | white, light-colored | ||
wan | one, unique, unite | ||
waso | bird, winged animal | ||
wawa | strong, power, energy | ||
weka | away, absent, missing | ||
wile | want, need, desire, must |
tomaszewski-2012a
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).morin-2015b
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).