#separator:tab #html:false #columns:Front Back a ah!, ha!, oh!, uh! (emphasis, emotion, confirmation interjection) akesi reptile; amphibian; non-cute animal ala no, not, none, zero alasa to hunt, forage, gather; to seek, try to ale all; everything; universe; (also 'ali') abundance, 100 anpa bottom, lower part; low, deep; humble, defeated ante different, altered, changed; difference; to change anu or (choice conjunction) awen to stay, wait, remain; to keep, protect; enduring, still e (particle) marks the direct object en and (joins subjects/nouns) esun market, shop, trade; to buy, sell, barter ijo thing, object, matter, phenomenon ike bad, evil, harmful; complex; negative ilo tool, machine, device, instrument insa inside, centre, contents; stomach; between jaki disgusting, dirty, gross, toxic; filth jan person, people, human, somebody jelo yellow, yellowish; light green jo to have, carry, hold, contain, own kala fish, marine animal, sea creature kalama sound, noise; to make a sound, recite, play music kama coming, arriving, future; to become, arrive, happen kasi plant, vegetation; herb, leaf; grass, tree ken can, may, be able; possibility, permission kepeken to use, employ; by means of, with kili fruit, vegetable, mushroom; produce kiwen hard object; metal, rock, stone; solid, firm ko semi-solid; paste, powder, clay, dough, goo kon air, breath; spirit, essence; hidden meaning; gas kule colour, paint; colourful; (also) queer kulupu group, community, society, company, people kute ear; to hear, listen; to obey la (particle) separates a context phrase/clause from the main clause lape sleep, rest; sleeping, dormant laso blue, green, turquoise lawa head, mind; to lead, control, own, rule; main, leading len cloth, clothing, fabric; layer; hidden, covered lete cold, cool; raw, uncooked li (particle) introduces the predicate (verb/adjective) lili small, little; young; few; a bit linja long flexible thing; string, rope, hair, cord, line lipu flat object; book, document, paper, page, website loje red, reddish; pink, orange lon located at, present, real, true; to exist; in, on, at luka hand, arm; to touch; five (in counting) lukin eye; to see, look, watch, read; seeking, in order to lupa hole, door, orifice, window; opening ma land, earth, country; outdoor area; territory, soil mama parent, ancestor; creator, origin; caretaker mani money, cash, wealth; large domestic animal (livestock) meli woman, female, feminine person; wife mi I, me, we, us; my, our mije man, male, masculine person; husband moku to eat, drink, consume; food, meal moli death; dead, dying; to kill monsi back, behind, rear; buttocks mu (animal noise) moo, woof, meow, etc.; nonsense sound mun moon; night-sky object, star; glowing celestial body musi fun, playful, artful, entertaining; game, art mute many, much, several, more; quantity; very; plural nanpa number; (ordinal marker) -th nasa silly, strange, foolish, crazy; drunk, intoxicated nasin way, path, road; method, doctrine, manner nena bump, hill, mountain; button; nose; protuberance ni this, that (demonstrative) nimi name, word noka foot, leg; bottom, lower part; to kick o (particle) hey! (vocative); (imperative/optative) should, must olin love, affection, respect; to love (a person) ona he, she, it, they; his, her, its, their open to open, begin, start, turn on pakala mistake, damage, blunder; broken; damn! (expletive) pali to do, make, work, build, act; work, activity palisa long solid thing; rod, stick, branch, bone pan grain; bread, rice, pasta, cereal; starch food pana to give, send, emit, release, put out pi (particle) regroups the following words as one modifier unit pilin heart; feeling, emotion; to feel, sense, think, touch pimeja black, dark; darkness, shadow; dark-coloured pini end, tip; finished, past, completed; to end, close pipi insect, bug, spider, small crawling creature poka side, hip; nearby, next to; vicinity; with poki container, box, bowl, cup, drawer, bag pona good, positive, useful; simple; to fix, improve; thanks pu the official Toki Pona book; to interact with that book sama same, similar; equal; as, like; sibling; each other seli fire; heat, warmth; hot, warm; to cook, heat selo outer form; skin, bark, shell, surface, boundary seme what?, which? (interrogative) sewi up, above, top; sky; divine, sacred; high, elevated sijelo body, physical state; torso; health, condition sike round thing; circle, ball, wheel, sphere; cycle, year sin new, fresh; another, extra; to renew, add sina you; your (singular & plural) sinpin front, face; wall; vertical surface sitelen image, picture, symbol, writing; to draw, write sona knowledge; to know, understand; to know how to soweli animal, especially a land mammal; beast suli big, tall, long, heavy; important; adult, grown suno sun; light, brightness; day; to shine, glow supa horizontal surface; table, floor, shelf, seat suwi sweet, fragrant; cute, adorable; dessert tan from, by, because of; origin, cause, reason taso but, however; only, just; sole tawa to, towards; for; moving; to go, walk; motion telo water, liquid, fluid; to water, wash, clean tenpo time, period, moment, duration, occasion toki language, speech; to talk, say, communicate; hello! tomo house, building, room; indoor space; home, structure tu two; to divide, split in two unpa sex; to have sex with, mate with uta mouth, lips; oral utala fight, battle, conflict; to fight, struggle, compete walo white, light-coloured; pale; whiteness wan one; unique; united; to unite, combine; a part of waso bird, flying creature; winged animal wawa power, strength, energy; strong, intense, confident weka away, absent, gone; distant; to remove, get rid of wile to want, need, wish, must; desire, will namako extra, additional; spice, seasoning; ornament kin also, too, indeed, in fact (emphasis) oko eye (variant of 'lukin' as a noun) kipisi to cut, split, divide; a section, piece leko square, block, corner; stairs; brick monsuta fear, monster, threat; scary, frightening tonsi non-binary, genderqueer; trans person jasima mirror, reflection; to reflect, echo; opposite kijetesantakalu raccoon or related musteloid animal (jan Sonja's joke word) soko mushroom, fungus meso medium, middle, moderate, neutral epiku epic, awesome, cool, amazing kokosila to speak a non-Toki-Pona language in a Toki Pona setting lanpan to take, seize, catch, receive n hmm, uh (hesitation / thinking / agreement sound) misikeke medicine, cure, remedy ku the Toki Pona Dictionary; to interact with that book jan pona friend (lit. good person) jan ike enemy, bad person jan lawa leader, boss, ruler, chief jan sewi god, deity, holy person, saint jan sona expert, teacher, scholar, wise person jan nasa strange person; drunk person; fool jan utala soldier, warrior, fighter jan pali worker, employee, labourer jan alasa hunter, gatherer, forager jan esun merchant, seller, shopkeeper jan lili child, kid; young person jan suli adult; important/great person jan mute people, crowd, group of people jan ale everyone, everybody jan ante someone else, a different person, other people jan sin newcomer, stranger, new person jan pi sona ala an ignorant person, someone who doesn't know jan pi pali moku cook, chef (person who makes food) jan olin beloved, sweetheart, loved one jan unpa sexual partner, lover jan toki speaker; spokesperson jan musi entertainer, clown, comedian jan lawa pi ma tomo mayor (leader of the city) jan moli dead person; killer (by context) mama meli mother mama mije father mama mama grandparent meli sama sister mije sama brother jan sama sibling; peer, equal meli olin girlfriend, wife mije olin boyfriend, husband meli lili girl, young female mije lili boy, young male tomo tawa vehicle, car (moving room) tomo telo bathroom, toilet, restroom tomo moku restaurant; kitchen; dining room tomo sona school tomo pi mani mute bank (house of much money) tomo lape bedroom; hotel, inn tomo pi telo nasa bar, pub tomo pi sitelen tawa cinema, movie theatre tomo pi jan moli tomb, grave, cemetery tomo lawa capitol, headquarters, main building tomo sewi temple, church, shrine tomo esun shop, store, market building tomo pali workshop, office, workplace tomo pi kama sona school, classroom (place of learning) tomo mani bank, treasury ilo moku eating utensil (fork, spoon, chopsticks) ilo toki phone, communication device ilo nanpa computer, calculator ilo tawa vehicle; means of transport ilo pi sitelen tawa television, screen, video device ilo pi kalama musi musical instrument ilo lukin glasses; telescope; camera; visual device ilo kipisi knife, cutting tool, blade ilo utala weapon ilo suno lamp, light, torch ilo pi telo jaki toilet (device for waste water) ilo sona instrument of knowledge; computer, book ilo pana transmitter; sprayer; giving-device ilo seli stove, heater, oven ilo pi tawa telo boat, ship (water-moving tool) ma tomo city, town, village ma kasi forest, jungle, garden, park ma telo wetland, swamp; sea/ocean area ma sike planet, world, globe ma ale the world, the whole earth ma pi telo suli coast, seaside ma seli desert; hot land ma lete cold land, tundra, arctic ma pi kasi suli forest (land of big plants) ma tomo suli big city, metropolis ma mama homeland, motherland ma sewi heaven; highland, mountains ma anpa underworld; lowland telo nasa alcohol, liquor, beer, wine telo walo milk telo kili juice telo pimeja coffee, dark drink telo wawa coffee, energy drink, strong drink telo seli hot water; tea, hot drink telo suwi sweet drink, soda, syrup telo jaki dirty water, sewage, waste water telo suli sea, ocean, large body of water telo lete cold water, ice water telo uta saliva; mouthwash telo pi telo oko tears (crying water) telo loje blood; red drink moku suwi dessert, candy, sweets, cake moku pona healthy/good food; tasty meal moku lili snack; small meal moku suli feast, big meal moku pi pona sijelo healthy food, medicine-food pan sike cookie, biscuit, bagel (round grain-food) pan suwi cake, pastry, sweet bread kili suwi sweet fruit; berry kili walo onion, garlic; pale vegetable kili loje tomato, apple, red fruit kili palisa banana, carrot (long vegetable/fruit) soweli mani cattle, cow, livestock mammal moku telo soup, broth, drink soweli lili small animal; pet; rodent soweli suli large animal; big beast soweli pi tomo pet, domestic animal soweli utala dangerous/fighting animal, predator waso telo water bird, duck, swan waso lili small bird waso suli large bird; eagle, ostrich kala lili small fish, minnow kala suli big fish; whale, shark akesi telo amphibian, frog, water reptile pipi suli large insect, beetle soweli pi telo suli sea mammal, dolphin, seal kule loje red colour kule jelo yellow colour kule laso blue/green colour kule pimeja black colour, dark shade kule walo white colour, light shade kule mute colourful, many colours, rainbow laso sewi sky blue laso kasi leaf green loje jelo orange colour loje walo pink colour tenpo ni now, this moment tenpo pini the past, before, ago tenpo kama the future, later, soon tenpo suno day, daytime tenpo pimeja night, night-time tenpo lili a moment, a short time, briefly tenpo suli a long time, an age tenpo mute often, many times, frequently tenpo ale always, forever, all the time tenpo sike year (a full cycle) tenpo mun month (a moon cycle) tenpo seme when? what time? tenpo suno kama tomorrow tenpo suno pini yesterday tenpo pi mute lili a few times, sometimes, rarely tenpo suno ni today pona sijelo health; healthy, well ike sijelo illness, sickness; unhealthy pilin pona to feel good; happy, glad pilin ike to feel bad; sad, upset, unwell pilin nasa to feel strange/dizzy/confused pilin wawa to feel strong/confident/passionate uta pi kalama musi singing mouth; (by context) singer lawa pi pilin ike headache; troubled mind sijelo lete chills, cold body, fever-chills sijelo seli fever, hot body toki pona Toki Pona (the language); good/simple speech toki ike bad language, swearing, insult toki musi joke, funny talk toki sewi prayer, sacred speech nasin pona good way, good method; virtue nasin sewi religion, spirituality, faith nasin toki grammar, way of speaking nasin pi jan lawa government, politics, rule sona pona wisdom, good knowledge sona nasin know-how, methodology wawa sewi divine power; miracle wawa pi sijelo physical strength pona mute very good, excellent, great ike mute very bad, terrible, awful suli mute very big, huge, enormous lili mute very small, tiny mute a so many! a lot! (emphatic) kalama musi music; song, tune sitelen tawa movie, film, video, animation sitelen toki written language, text, script sitelen pona the Toki Pona hieroglyphic script lipu suli important document; book lipu sona textbook, reference, encyclopedia lipu pi ma ale world map; atlas len lawa hat, cap, headscarf len noka trousers, pants, socks, shoes len luka gloves, sleeves len lape blanket, pyjamas, bedsheet kiwen mani coin; precious metal; gem kiwen suno crystal, gem, glass linja lawa hair (of the head) linja uta beard, moustache, facial hair open pi tenpo suno sunrise, dawn, morning pini pi tenpo suno sunset, dusk, evening kon telo mist, fog, humidity kon lete cold air, cold wind suno seli hot sun; summer sun mun suno star (glowing night light) nena suli mountain, big hill nena telo wave (water bump) supa lape bed supa moku dining table supa monsi chair, seat poki telo cup, glass, bottle, jug poki moku bowl, plate, lunchbox poki lipu envelope, folder, file toki! hello!, hi! (greeting) pona! good!, thanks!, cool! (interjection) pona tawa sina thank you (lit. good to you) tawa pona goodbye (to someone leaving); safe travels mi tawa goodbye (said by the one leaving) lape pona good night, sleep well kama pona welcome (lit. come well) o pona please be well; take care mi olin e sina I love you sina pona you're kind / nice (thanks) pakala! damn!, oops!, dang! (mild expletive) jan seme who? ijo seme what (thing)? ma seme where? tan seme why? nasin seme how?, in what way? tenpo seme la when? (as a context question) mi wile e ni I want this / I want to... ni li pona this is good / that's fine ni li seme what is this? sina wile ala wile do you want...? (yes/no question frame) ala a no way!, nope! (emphatic no) pona mute a excellent!, wonderful! (emphatic thanks)