toki pona ku (e nimi ilo)

Full Word List

a

interj. [emphasis, emotion or confirmation (i.e. ah, ha, eh, oh, ooh, aw)]

akesi

n. reptile, amphibian

n. (old/removed) "non-cute" animal

ala

adj. no, not, none, empty

n. nothing, negation, zero

v. do nothing, nullify, annihilate

interj. no!

alasa

v. hunt (violently or nonviolently), forage, gather, harvest, search

ale / ali

adj. all, every, complete, whole, abundant, countless, bountiful, plentiful

n. abundance, everything, life, universe

num. 100, infinity

anpa

adj. bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent

v. conquer, defeat

n. (old, non-pu) bottom, lower part, under, below, floor, beneath

ante

adj. different, altered, changed, other

n. difference, change

v. change, alter, modify, differ

anu

conj. or

anu seme

part. or what? [casual yes/no prompt]

apeja

v. curse, shame

n. (nonstandard, old) shame, guilt

adj. (nonstandard, old) shameful, guilty

awen

adj. enduring, kept, protected, safe, waiting, staying, remaining, stationary, permanent, sedentary

pv. continue/keep on (doing something)

v. keep, retain, stay, remain, wait, preserve, protect

n. protection, endurance

e

part. [before direct object(s)]

en

conj. and [between multiple subjects]

epiku

adj. epic, awesome

esun

n. market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transaction, trade, sale, purchase

adj. trade/exchange-related, commercial, traded, exchanged

v. trade, exchange, buy, sell

ijo

n. thing, object, stuff, anything, matter, phenomenon

adj. material, physical

v. do something, objectify

ike

adj. bad, negative, wrong, unnecessary, irrelevant

n. evil, negativity

v. be bad, suck (colloquial), worsen

interj. oh no!, oh dear, woe, alas

ilo

n. tool, machine, device

adj. useful

v. use

insa

n. center, content, internal organ, stomach

prep. inside, between

adj. inner, internal, central, core

v. insert, put inside, send inside

jaki

adj. dirty, disgusting, repulsive, obscene, sickly, toxic, unclean, unsanitary

n. dirt, waste, garbage, infection

v. make something dirty, pollute

interj. ew, yuck

jan

n. person, human, being, somebody

adj. personal

v. personify, anthropomorphize, humanize

jan lawa

n. leader, ruler, chief, captain, principal, executive

jan pona

n. friend, good person

jasima

n. mirror, reflection, echo

adj. opposite, reversed

v. reverse, reflect, resound, echo

jelo

adj. yellow, yellowish, (rare) light green

jo

v. have, carry, contain, hold, own

n. possession (something you own), contents

adj. carried, contained, possessed, owned

kala

n. fish, marine animal, sea creature

adj. aquatic, marine

kalama

n. sound, noise

adj. loud, noisy, sound-making

v. produce a sound, recite, utter aloud

kama

pv. come, become, arrive, happen, start to, manage to, succeed in

adj. arriving, coming, future, summoned

n. event, happening, chance, arrival, beginning

v. bring about, summon

kama jo

v. receive, get, take, obtain

kama pona

greeting welcome

kama sona

v. learn, study

kasi

n. plant, vegetation, herb, leaf, tree, wood, fungi, coral

adj. botanical, herbal, vegetated

n. vegetate

ken

pv. can, may, be able to, be allowed to

adj. possible

n. ability, possibility, permission, chance, luck

v. allow, enable, permit

ken la,

adv. maybe (at start of sentence)

kepeken

v. use

prep. (do something) using, by means of

n. a use

kijetesantakalu

n. (joke word) raccoon, skunk, weasel, otter, musteloid

kili

n. fruit, vegetable, nut, result, offspring, product

n. (old) mushroom

v. result, fruiten

kin

adv. also, too, even, indeed [emphasizes the word(s) before]

interj. me too, indeed, really

kipisi

v. cut, divide, split, sever

n. division, part, piece, portion

kiwen

n. hard object, metal, stone, solid, wood, bone, plastic

adj. hard, touch, metallic, solid, stone, rocky

ko

n. clay, dough, paste, powder, clot, clump

adj. semi-solid, squishy, powdery

v. stick, cling, squash, pulverize

kokosila

v. speak not in toki pona while in a toki pona group

kon

n. air, essence, spirit, breath, wind

adj. invisible, ephemeral, gaseous, abstract, intangible, breathing

adj. breathe, vaporize, sublimate, evaporate

ku

n. the toki pona dictionary

adj. as told in the toki pona dictionary

v. interacting with the toki pona dictionary

kule

adj. colourful, pigmented, painted, of or related to the LGBTQ+ community

n. color

v. color, paint

kulupu

n. group, community, company, nation, society, tribe

adj. communal, social, public, shared

kute

n. ear, hearing

v. hear, listen, pay attention to, obey

la

part. [adverb/if/when marker, between the context phrase and the main sentence]

lanpan

v. seize, steal, capture, get, grab, catch

lape

n. sleep, rest

v. sleep, rest

adj. sleeping, restful

laso

adj. blue, bluish, green, greenish

lawa

n. head, mind

adj. main, primary, controlling, ruling

v. control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, rule

leko

n. square, block, stair

len

n. cloth, clothing, fabric, textile, cover, layer of privacy

adj. clothed, made of cloth/fabric

v. clothe, provide a layer of privacy

lete

adj. cold, cool, uncooked, raw

n. cold

v. cool, chill

li

part. [between subject (except mi or sina) and its verb], [introduce a new verb for the same subject]

lili

adj. little, small, short, few, a bit, young

n. smallness

v. reduce, shorten, shrink, lessen

linja

n. long and flexible thing (eg. cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn)

lipu

n. flat object, book, document, paper, card, record, website

adj. flat, used as lipu, lipu-like

loje

adj. red, reddish

lon

prep. (located) in/at/on

n. truth, life, existence

adj. real, true, present, existing

v. exist, be awake

lon seme

q. where is, what is

luka

n. arm, hand, tactile organ

num. five

lukin

v. look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch

pv. seek, look for, try to

lupa

n. door, hole, orifice, window

ma

n. earth, land, outdoors, world, country, territory, soil

mama

n. parent, ancestor, creator, origin, caretaker

v. create, parent, take care of

mani

n. money, cash, savings, wealth, large domesticated animal

adj. (unconventional) wealthy

meli

n. woman, wife, girlfriend

adj. feminine, female

meso

adj. average, medium

mi

n. I, me, we, us

adj. my, our

mije

n. man, husband, boyfriend

adj. masculine, male

misikeke

n. medication, medicine, cure

moku

n. food

adj. edible, of food

v. eat, drink, swallow, consume, ingest

moli

n. death

adj. dead, dying, deadly, fatal

v. kill, die

monsi

n. back, rear, butt, behind

adj. back, rear

monsuta

n. fear, horror, monster

adj. scary

mu

interj. [animal noise or communication]

mun

n. moon, star, night sky object

adj. lunar, stellar

musi

n. fun, entertainment, game, art, recreation

adj. artistic, entertaining, amusing, playful, recreational

v. amuse, entertain, play, have fun

mute

adj. many, very, much, several, a lot, abundant, numerous, more

n. amount, quantity

n

interj. um..., mm..., hmm..., [filler word]

namako

n. spice (liberal, eg, namako suwi walo = sugar)

adj. extra, additional

nanpa

n. number

adj. -th (ordinal number), numeric

nasa

adj. unusual, strange, foolish, crazy, drunk

nasin

n. path, road, street, doctrine, way, custom

adj. street-, true to the way/custom

nena

n. hill, mountain, button, bump, nose, protuberance

adj. hilly, mountainous, bumpy

ni

n. this, that

adj. that, this

nimi

n. word, name

noka

n. foot, leg, organ of locomotion, bottom, lower part

prep. under

o

part. [vocative (calling to someone)], [imperative (replaces li)]

interj. hey! (calling for attention)

oko

n. eye, vision

olin

n. love, compassion, affection, respect

adj. loved, favorite, respected

v. love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to

ona

n. he, she, it, they

adj. his, her, their, its

open

v. begin, start, open, turn on

n. start, beginning

adj. initial, starting

pakala

n. damage, mistake

adj. broken, damaged, harmed, messed up, wrong

v. break, make mistakes

part. [generic curse]

pali

v. do, work on, build, make, prepare

n. work, labor, activity, project

adj. working, active, functional

palisa

n. long solid object, branch, rod, stick

adj. long

pan

n. grain, bread, barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat, pasta

pana

v. give, send, emit, provide, put, release

n. transfer, exchange

adj. sent, released

pi

part. of [regroups two or more modifiers]

pilin

n. heart, feeling, touch, sense

adj. feeling, touch-based

v. touch, think, feel

pimeja

adj. black, dark, unlit

n. darkness, shadow

pini

adj. final, completed, ended, finished, past

n. ending, finish

v. end, finish, close, turn off

pipi

n. bug, insect, spider

poka

n. hip, side, neighbor, vicinity

adj. neighboring, nearby, at one's side

poki

n. container, bag, box, bowl, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel

pona

adj. good, positive, useful, friendly, peaceful, simple

n. good, simplicity

v. improve, fix

interj. great!, good!, thanks!, ok!, cool!, yay!

response <verb> pona!

pu

n. the official toki pona book

adj. as told in the official toki pona book

v. interacting with the official toki pona book

sama

adj. same, similar, sibiling, equal

n. similarity, sibling, peer, fellow

prep. as, like, seem

seli

n. heat, warmth, chemical reaction, heat source

adj. warm, hot, cooked

v. heat, warm, cook

selo

n. outside, surface, skin, shell, boundary, bark, peel

adj. outer

seme

part. what, which, [question word in place of unknown]

sewi

n. area above, top, highest part, sky, god

adj. divine, sacred, supernatural, superior, high, religious, formal

prep. above, over

sijelo

n. body, physical state, torso

adj. physical, of sijelo

sike

n. round or circular thing, ball, circle, cycle, wheel

adj. round, circular, spherical, cyclical, of one year

v. make a circle around, surround

sin

adj. new, fresh, another, more

n. novelty, addition

v. add, update, renew, renovate, freshen

sina

n. you

adj. your

sinpin

n. front, chest, face, wall

adj. foremost

sitelen

n. image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing

adj. symbolic, written, recorded

v. write, draw, record

soko

n. mushroom, fungus

sona

n. knowledge, information, wisdom, intelligence, understanding

adj. known

v. know, be skilled in, be wise about, have information on

pv. know how to

soweli

n. animal, beast, land mammal

suli

adj. big, heavy, large, long, tall, important, adult

n. size, greatness

v. enlarge, grow, lengthen

suno

n. sun, light, brightness, radiance, light source

adj. solar, bright, radiant

v. light, shine, glow

supa

n. horizontal surface (e.g furniture, table, chair, pillow, floor)

suwi

adj. sweet, fragrant, cute, innocent

tan

prep. by, from, because of

n. cause, reason, origin

adj. original

taso

particle (beginning of sentence): but, however

adj. only, just

tawa

prep. to, going to, toward, in order to, for, from the perspective of

adj. moving, mobile

n. movement, transportation

v. move, displace, go to, walk, travel, leave

mi tawa

farewell goodbye, i am going (to do something)

telo

n. water, fluid, liquid, juice, sauce

adj. wet, fluid, liquid

v. water, clean

tenpo

n. time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation

adj. temporal

tenpo kama

n. future

adj. later, future

tenpo ni

n. present

adj. now, present

tenpo pini

n. past

adj. earlier, past

tenpo sike

n. year

toki

v. communicate, say, speak, say, talk, use language, think

n. speech, conversation, language

adj. verbal, conversational

greeting hello!

tomo

n. home, building, structure, indoor space, room

adj. indoor, urban, domestic, household

tonsi

adj. non-binary, gender non-confirming, transgender

tu

num. two

n. duo, pair

adj. divided

v. double, divide

unpa

n. sex, sexuality

adj. sexual, erotic

v. have sex (with)

uta

n. mouth, lips, jaw

adj. oral

utala

n. fight, attack, challenge, battle, conflict, disharmony, competition, war, argument

adj. aggressive, warlike, violent

v. fight, hit, attack, battle, challenge, compete against, struggle against

walo

adj. white, whitish, light-coloured, pale

wan

n. unit, element, particle, part, piece

adj. unique, united (with li)

num. one

v. to unite

waso

n. bird, flying creature, winged animal

wawa

adj. strong, powerful, confident, sure, energetic, intense, fierce

n. strength, power, energy

v. strengthen, energize, empower

weka

n. absence, remoteness

adj. absent, away, missing, ignored, remote

v. remove, get rid of

wile

n. want, need, desire

adj. desired, needed, required, necessary

v. must, need, require, should, want, wish

pv. must do, need to, require something, should do, want to, wish to

Resources

I'm just putting this here for future reference:

• linja pona: http://musilili.net/linja-pona/ (heiroglyph font)
• Heiroglyph lesson from lipu pu: http://tokipona.net/tp/janPije/hieroglyphs.php