(particle) [marks the start of an indicative verb (statement)]
See also: o
core · pu · 100%
Esperanto: li - he; Latin: ille - he; Tok Pisin: i - he; English: he - he
to have a strong emotional bond with, e.g. affection, appreciation, compassion, respect; platonic, romantic, or familial relationships
Serbo-Croatian: волим (volim) - I love
long, flexible thing, e.g. rope, yarn, hair, fur, line, strand
See also: palisa
Finnish: linja - line; Old Swedish: linia - line
experience e.g. emotion, feeling, touch; heart (physical or emotional)
Tok Pisin: pilim - feel; English: -im - him; English: him - him
small, short, young; few; piece, part
See also: suli
Tok Pisin: liklik - small, little; Ramoaaina: liklik - small, little
flat and bendable object, e.g. paper, card, leaf; written text or document, e.g. book, website, clay tablet
Finnish: lippu - flag, banner, ticket
death, dead, die, dying; kill, murder
See also: pini
Acadian French: mourir - die
work, activity; create, build, design; put effort toward, take action on
Esperanto: fari - do, make
fuzzy creature, land animal, beast
Georgian: ცხოველი (cxoveli) - beastly animal, lively, passionate
motion, e.g. walking, shaking, flight, travel; (preposition) to, for, going to, from the perspective of
See also: awen, kama
English: toward - toward
fruit, vegetable, mushroom
See also: kasi, moku, soko
Georgian: ხილი (xili) - fruit
hot, warm; heat, fire, flame; burn
See also: lete
Georgian: ცხელი (cxeli) - hot
see, look, view, examine, read, watch; visual; eye, seeing organ; (preverb) try to
See also: oko, alasa
core · pu · 99%
Tok Pisin: lukim - see, look at; English: look - look; English: him - him
woman, female, wife, girlfriend
See also: mije, tonsi
common · pu · 82%
Tok Pisin: meri - woman, wife, feminine; Tolai: mari - pretty; English: Mary - Mary
long and hard thing e.g. branch, pole, rod, stick, spine, mast
See also: linja
Serbo-Croatian: палица (palica) - bat, rod, cane
big, heavy, large, long, tall, wide; important, relevant
See also: lili
Finnish: suuri - big, large, great
semi-solid, e.g. paste, powder, goo, sand, soil, clay; squishy, moldable; sticky
Cantonese: 膏 (gou) - cream, paste
negative quality, e.g. bad, unpleasant, harmful, unneeded
Finnish: ilkeä - bad, mean, wicked
can, may, ability, permission; possibility, maybe; allow, enable; (preverb) to be able to
Tok Pisin: ken - can; English: can - can
split, cut, slice; piece, part; sharp, pointy
See also: tu, wan, pakala, mute
common · ku suli · 71%
Inuktitut: kipisi - to cut (intransitive)
ear, hearing organ; hear, listen, pay attention to, obey
Acadian French: écouter - listen
positive quality, e.g. good, pleasant, helpful, friendly, useful, peaceful
See also: ike
Esperanto: bona - good
same, similar, alike; (adjective) peer, fellow, each other; (preposition) similar to, same as
See also: ante
Finnish: sama - same; Proto-Germanic: *samaz - same, alike; Esperanto: sama - same; English: same - same
up, top, above, highest part; divine, sacred, supernatural; awesome, inspiring, excelling
See also: anpa
Georgian: ზევით (zevit) - upwards
light, shine, glow, radiance; sun, light source; brightness
See also: mun, pimeja
Esperanto: suno - sun
mouth, lips, throat, consuming orifice
Serbo-Croatian: уста (usta) - mouth
yellow, amber, golden, lime yellow, yellowish orange
English: yellow - yellow
money, currency; thing of value e.g. gold, investment, livestock
See also: esun
English: money - money; Proto-Germanic: fehu - livestock; Latin: pecū - cattle
give, send, emit, provide, put, release
Finnish: panna - put, set, place; Swahili: pana - give to each other
circle, sphere, spiral, round thing e.g. ball, wheel; repeating thing e.g. cycle, orbit, loop
See also: leko
English: circle - circle
(number) one; singular; combine, join, mix, fuse
See also: tu, mute
English: one - one
reptile, amphibian, scaly creature, crawling creature
Dutch: hagedis - lizard
only, exclusively; (particle) [marks a sentence as qualifying or contradictory], but, however
Tok Pisin: tasol - just, only, but, however; English: that’s all - that’s all
(particle) [separates multiple possibilities, replacing another particle], or
Georgian: ან (an) - or
turquoise, blue, green, cyan, indigo, lime green
Welsh: glas - blue, inexperienced; Proto-Brythonic: glas - green, blue
hand, arm, tactile limb, grasping limb; to grasp, interact with, feel using touch; (number) five
See also: noka
Serbo-Croatian: рука (ruka) - hand, arm
dark, unlit; dark color, e.g. black, purple, brown
See also: suno, walo
Finnish: pimeä - dark
insect, bug, spider, tiny crawling creature
Acadian French: bibitte - bug
mushroom, fungus, lichen
See also: kasi, kili
common · ku suli · 65%
Georgian: სოკო (sok’o) - mushroom
liquids e.g. water, gasoline, soda, lava, soup, oil, ink
Acadian French: de l’eau - (some) water
(number) two; separate, divide, split
See also: kipisi
English: two - two; Esperanto: du - two
light-colored, white, pale, light gray, cream
See also: pimeja
Finnish: valko - white
human being, person, somebody
Cantonese: 人 (jan) - person
different, altered; modify, change; other; difference
See also: sama
Dutch: ander - other, different
stay, remain, wait, pause; protect, keep safe; continue; (preverb) continue to
Dutch: houden - keep, care for, hold (in a particular state)
tool, implement, machine, device
Esperanto: ilo - tool; German: -el - (agent suffix)
(preposition) using, by means of
Dutch: gebruiken - to use
hard object e.g. metal, stone, wood
Finnish: kiven - stone (genitive case)
group, community, society, company, nation, collection, team, crowd
Tongan: kulupu - group; English: group - group
sleep, rest, break from an activity or work
Dutch: slapen - sleep
head, mind, brain; control, lead, guide; government, leader; rule, law
Serbo-Croatian: glava (глава) - head
present, existing, real, true; (preposition) located at, in, during, in the context of
See also: tenpo, ma
Tok Pisin: long - at, in, on, (spacial particle); English: along - along
(animal noise or communication, onomatopoeia)
See also: kalama
core · pu · 98%
onomatopoeia
many, several, very; quantity; (number) twenty
See also: wan, tu, ale
Esperanto: multe - a lot; Latin: multus - a lot
method, doctrine, tradition; path, road, way
Serbo-Croatian: начин (način) - way, method
outer layer, e.g. skin, peel, shell, bark; outer shape, outer form, boundary
Esperanto: ŝelo - skin, peel; German: schale - peel, husk, shell
knowledge, information, data; know, be skilled in, be wise about; (preverb) know how to
Georgian: ცოდნა (codna) - knowledge
flat horizontal surface, especially to put or rest things on e.g. bed, floor, desk, plate, table, platform, stage
See also: sinpin
Esperanto: surfaco - surface; Acadian French: surface - surface; English: surface - surface
sweet, fragrant; cute, adorable
See also: pona
Tok Pisin: swit - sweet; English: sweet - sweet
indoor space or shelter e.g. room, building, home, tent, shack
See also: poki
Esperanto: domo - house; Polish: dom - house; Latin: domus - house; Ancient Greek: δόμος - house
fight, compete, battle; competition, challenge; struggle, strive
See also: ike, anpa
Serbo-Croatian: ударати (udarati) - strike, hit, beat
power, energy, strength; confident, intense, forceful; amazing, impressive
Finnish: vahva - strong, powerful, thick
absent, away, distant; remove, get rid of
Dutch: weg - away, gone
want, desire, wish, require; (preverb) want to
Dutch: willen - want, desire
begin, start, open, turn on; beginning
See also: kama
English: open - open
finish, stop, prevent; close, disable, turn off; ended, past; edge, end, conclusion
See also: open, kama
Acadian French: fini - finished, completed; Tok Pisin: pinis - finish (perfective aspect); English: finish - finish
disgusting, unclean, unsanitary, toxic, repulsive, rotten
English: yucky - yucky
(particle) [mark the previous statement as context to the following statement]
Esperanto: la - (definite article); Romance: la - (feminine singular definite article); Acadian French: -la - (proximal & topical suffix)
square, cube, block, blocky object e.g. bricks, stairs
See also: sike
common · ku suli · 69%
English: Lego - Lego; Danish: leg godt - play well; Finnish: lohko - block, section
moon, night sky object, star, celestial body
See also: suno
English: moon - moon
spice, ornament, adornment; extra, additional
See also: sin
common · ku suli · 72%
Hindi: नमक (namak) - salt; Persian: نمک (namak) - salt
interacting with the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good by Sonja Lang
See also: ku, su
core · pu · 95%
Mandarin: 樸 (pǔ) - unworked wood, sincere, honest, inherent quality, simple; English: book - book
all, every, everything, entirety, universe; (number) one hundred
See also: ali
core · pu · 93%
Dutch: alle - all
color, pigment; category, genre, flavor; colorful, diverse
Acadian French: couleur - color
medical item or practice e.g. prescriptions, meditation, exercise, bandages, therapy
See also: moku, pona
common · ku suli · 63%
Ojibwe: mashkiki - medicine, drug
nonbinary, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, transgender*
See also: meli, mije, kule
common · ku suli · 82%
Mandarin: 同志 (tóngzhì) - comrade (same will/purpose), LGBT+
