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
group, community, society, company, nation, collection, team, crowd
core · pu · 100%
Tongan: kulupu - group; English: group - group
flat and bendable object, e.g. paper, card, leaf; written text or document, e.g. book, website, clay tablet
Finnish: lippu - flag, banner, ticket
work, activity; create, build, design; put effort toward, take action on
Esperanto: fari - do, make
give, send, emit, provide, put, release
Finnish: panna - put, set, place; Swahili: pana - give to each other
disgusting, unclean, unsanitary, toxic, repulsive, rotten
English: yucky - yucky
dark, unlit; dark color, e.g. black, purple, brown
See also: suno, walo
Finnish: pimeä - dark
flat horizontal surface, especially to put or rest things on e.g. bed, floor, desk, plate, table, platform, stage
See also: sinpin
core · pu · 99%
Esperanto: surfaco - surface; Acadian French: surface - surface; English: surface - surface
hunt, forage, search, attempt; (preverb) try to
See also: lukin
Acadian French: à la chasse - hunting, (literally) on the hunt
trade, barter, exchange, swap, buy, sell; market, shop, fair, bazaar, place of business
See also: mani, pana, jo
Akan: edwamu - at market
tool, implement, machine, device
Esperanto: ilo - tool; German: -el - (agent suffix)
(animal noise or communication, onomatopoeia)
See also: kalama
core · pu · 98%
onomatopoeia
container e.g. bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, folder
Tok Pisin: bokis - box, female genitalia (vulgar); English: box - box
(preposition) from, because of; cause, origin
Cantonese: 從 (tsung) - from
motion, e.g. walking, shaking, flight, travel; (preposition) to, for, going to, from the perspective of
See also: awen, kama
English: toward - toward
fight, compete, battle; competition, challenge; struggle, strive
See also: ike, anpa
Serbo-Croatian: ударати (udarati) - strike, hit, beat
(interjection) ah, oh, ha, eh, um, oy; (particle) [placed after something for emphasis or emotion]
See also: kin
reptile, amphibian, scaly creature, crawling creature
Dutch: hagedis - lizard
all, every, everything, entirety, universe; (number) one hundred
See also: ali
core · pu · 93%
Dutch: alle - all
bottom, underside; below, beneath; defeated, humble, lowly
See also: noka
Acadian French: en bas - below
fruit, vegetable, mushroom
See also: kasi, moku, soko
Georgian: ხილი (xili) - fruit
(particle) [after phrase or at sentence start] too, also, as well, additionally
See also: a
common · ku suli · 83%
Finnish: -kin - too, also, still
color, pigment; category, genre, flavor; colorful, diverse
Acadian French: couleur - color
see, look, view, examine, read, watch; visual; eye, seeing organ; (preverb) try to
See also: oko, alasa
Tok Pisin: lukim - see, look at; English: look - look; English: him - him
medical item or practice e.g. prescriptions, meditation, exercise, bandages, therapy
See also: moku, pona
common · ku suli · 63%
Ojibwe: mashkiki - medicine, drug
spice, ornament, adornment; extra, additional
See also: sin
common · ku suli · 72%
Hindi: नमक (namak) - salt; Persian: نمک (namak) - salt
hot, warm; heat, fire, flame; burn
See also: lete
Georgian: ცხელი (cxeli) - hot
new, fresh, update; repeat, do again
See also: namako
Mandarin: 新 (xīn) - new, fresh
nonbinary, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, transgender*
See also: meli, mije, kule
common · ku suli · 82%
Mandarin: 同志 (tóngzhì) - comrade (same will/purpose), LGBT+
sex, to have sex with
