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(emphasis, emotion or confirmation)
See also: kin
core · pu · 99%
onomatopoeia
reptile, amphibian
Dutch: hagedis - lizard
no, not, zero; [~ ala ~] (used to form a yes-no question); nothing
core · pu · 100%
Georgian: არა (ara) - no
to hunt, forage, seek | ALT (pv.) try to, attempt
See also: lukin
Acadian French: à la chasse - hunting, (literally) on the hunt
all; abundant, countless, bountiful, every, plentiful; abundance, everything, life, universe; one hundred | ALT 100
See also: ali
core · pu · 90%
Dutch: alle - all
bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent | ALT bottom, lower part, under, below, floor, beneath; low, lower, bottom, down
See also: noka
Acadian French: en bas - below
different, altered, changed, other
See also: sama
Dutch: ander - other, different
or | ALT choose, decide
Georgian: ან (an) - or
enduring, kept, protected, safe, waiting, staying; (pv.) to continue to, to keep
Dutch: houden - keep, care for, hold (in a particular state)
(before the direct object)
a priori
(between multiple subjects)
Dutch: en - and
market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transaction
See also: mani, pana, jo
core · pu · 98%
Akan: edwamu - at market
thing, phenomenon, object, matter
Esperanto: io - something; Romance: i- - (relative pronoun root)
bad, negative; non-essential, irrelevant | ALT complicated, complex
Finnish: ilkeä - bad, mean, wicked
tool, implement, machine, device
Esperanto: ilo - tool; German: -el - (agent suffix)
centre, content, inside, between; internal organ, stomach
Tok Pisin: insait - inside, center, stomach; English: inside - inside
disgusting, obscene, sickly, toxic, unclean, unsanitary
English: yucky - yucky
human being, person, somebody
Cantonese: 人 (jan) - person
yellow, yellowish
English: yellow - yellow
to have, carry, contain, hold
See also: lon, poki, lanpan
Mandarin: 有 (yǒu) - have
fish, marine animal, sea creature
Finnish: kala - fish
to produce a sound; recite, utter aloud
Serbo-Croatian: галама (galama) - noise (of the human voice)
arriving, coming, future, summoned; (pv.) to become, manage to, succeed in
Tok Pisin: kamap - event, arrive, happen, become, bring about, summon
plant, vegetation; herb, leaf
Finnish: kasvi - kasvi ‘plant’
to be able to, be allowed to, can, may; possible
Tok Pisin: ken - can; English: can - can
to use, with, by means of
Dutch: gebruiken - to use
any animal from the Procyonidae family, such as raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles | ALT any animal from the Musteloidea superfamily, including raccoons, weasels, otters, skunks, and red pandas
common · ku suli · 75%
Finnish: kierteishäntäkarhu - kinkajou
fruit, vegetable, mushroom
See also: kasi, moku, soko
Georgian: ხილი (xili) - fruit
{see a} | ALT indeed, too, also, as well
See also: a
common · ku suli · 83%
Finnish: -kin - too, also, still
split, cut, slice, sever; sharp
See also: tu, wan, pakala, mute
common · ku suli · 67%
Inuktitut: kipisi - to cut (intransitive)
hard object, metal, rock, stone
Finnish: kiven - stone (genitive case)
clay, clinging form, dough, semi-solid, paste, powder
Cantonese: 膏 (gou) - cream, paste
air, breath; essence, spirit; hidden reality, unseen agent
Mandarin: 空氣 (kōngqì) - air, atmosphere, ambience, opinion
interacting with the Toki Pona Dictionary by Sonja Lang
See also: pu, su
common · ku suli · 70%
colorful, pigmented, painted | ALT of or relating to the LGBT+ community
Acadian French: couleur - color
community, company, group, nation, society, tribe
Tongan: kulupu - group; English: group - group
ear; to hear, listen; pay attention to, obey
Acadian French: écouter - listen
(between the context phrase and the main sentence)
Esperanto: la - (definite article); Romance: la - (feminine singular definite article); Acadian French: -la - (proximal & topical suffix)
sleeping, resting
Dutch: slapen - sleep
blue, green
Welsh: glas - blue, inexperienced; Proto-Brythonic: glas - green, blue
head, mind; to control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, regulate, rule
Serbo-Croatian: glava (глава) - head
stairs, square, block, corner, cube
See also: sike
English: Lego - Lego; Danish: leg godt - play well; Finnish: lohko - block, section
cloth, clothing, fabric, textile; cover, layer of privacy
Acadian French: linge - clothing
cold, cool; uncooked, raw
See also: seli
Acadian French: frette - cold; Old French: freit - cold
(between any subject except mi alone or sina alone and its verb; also to introduce a new verb for the same subject)
See also: o
Esperanto: li - he; Latin: ille - he; Tok Pisin: i - he; English: he - he
little, small, short; few; a bit; young
See also: suli
Tok Pisin: liklik - small, little; Ramoaaina: liklik - small, little
long and flexible thing; cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn | ALT line, connection
See also: palisa
Finnish: linja - line; Old Swedish: linia - line
flat object; book, document, card, paper, record, website
Finnish: lippu - flag, banner, ticket
red, reddish
Dutch: rooie - red (inflected)
located at, present at, real, true, existing | ALT (affirmative response)
See also: tenpo, ma
Tok Pisin: long - at, in, on, (spacial particle); English: along - along
arm, hand, tactile organ; five | ALT touch/feel physically, interact, press
Serbo-Croatian: рука (ruka) - hand, arm
eye; look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch; look for, seek; (pv.) try to
See also: oko, alasa
Tok Pisin: lukim - see, look at; English: look - look; English: him - him
door, hole, orifice, window
Lojban: clupa - loop; Mandarin: 圈 (quān) - loop; English: loop - loop; Hindi: पाश (pāś) - loop; Arabic: أنشوطة (anšūṭa) - loop
earth, land; outdoors, world; country, territory; soil
Finnish: maa - earth, land
parent, ancestor; creator, originator; caretaker, sustainer
Georgian: მამა (mama) - father
money, cash, savings, wealth; large domesticated animal
See also: esun
English: money - money; Proto-Germanic: fehu - livestock; Latin: pecū - cattle
woman, female, feminine person; wife
See also: mije, tonsi
common · pu · 82%
Tok Pisin: meri - woman, wife, feminine; Tolai: mari - pretty; English: Mary - Mary
I, me, we, us
Esperanto: mi - I, me; Romance: m- - (1st person singular oblique)
man, male, masculine person; husband
See also: meli, tonsi
Finnish: mies - man, husband
medicine, medical
See also: moku, pona
common · ku suli · 60%
Ojibwe: mashkiki - medicine, drug
to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest
Japanese: モグモグ (mogumogu) - munching
dead, dying
See also: pini
Acadian French: mourir - die
back, behind, rear
See also: sinpin
Acadian French: mon tchu - my ass (vulgar)
fear, dread; monster, predator; threat, danger
See also: pilin, ike, nasa
Japanese: モンスター (monsutā) - monster; English: monster - monster
(animal noise or communication) | ALT (non-speech vocalization)
See also: kalama
moon, night sky object, star | ALT glow, glowing light, light in the dark
See also: suno
English: moon - moon
artistic, entertaining, frivolous, playful, recreation
See also: pona
Esperanto: amuzi - amuse, entertain; French: amuser - amuse, entertain
many, a lot, more, much, several, very; quantity | ALT three (or more), 20
See also: wan, tu, ale
Esperanto: multe - a lot; Latin: multus - a lot
(indicates thinking, pondering, recognition, agreement, or humming)
{see sin} | ALT embellishment, spice; extra, additional
See also: sin
Hindi: नमक (namak) - salt; Persian: نمک (namak) - salt
-th (ordinal number); numbers
Tok Pisin: namba - namba ‘number, (ordinal marker)’ ← English number; English: number - namba ‘number, (ordinal marker)’ ← English number
unusual, strange; silly; drunk, intoxicated
Tok Pisin: nasau - dunderhead
way, custom, doctrine, method, path, road
Serbo-Croatian: начин (način) - way, method
bump, button, hill, mountain, nose, protuberance
Finnish: nenä - nenä
that, this
See also: ona
Cantonese: 呢 (ni) - this; Tai: 哩 (le) - (continuation of a state/action)
name, word
Finnish: nimi - name
foot, leg, organ of locomotion; bottom, lower part
See also: luka
Serbo-Croatian: нога (noga) - foot, leg
hey! O! (vocative, imperative, or optative)
See also: li
Georgian: -ო (-o) - (vocative suffix)
love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to
Serbo-Croatian: волим (volim) - I love
he, she, it, they
See also: ni
Serbo-Croatian: она (ona) - she
begin, start; open; turn on
See also: kama
English: open - open
botched, broken, damaged, harmed, messed up | ALT (curse expletive, e.g. fuck!)
See also: pini, kipisi
Tok Pisin: bagarap - accident; English: bugger up - bugger up
do, take action on, work on; build, make, prepare
Esperanto: fari - do, make
long hard thing; branch, rod, stick
See also: linja
Serbo-Croatian: палица (palica) - bat, rod, cane
cereal, grain; barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat; bread, pasta
See also: moku, kili
Romance: pan - bread; Japanese: パン (pan) - bread; Portuguese: pão - bread
give, send, emit, provide, put, release
Finnish: panna - put, set, place; Swahili: pana - give to each other
of (used to divide a second noun group that describes a first noun group) | ALT (introduces a genitive noun)
Tok Pisin: bilong - of; English: belong - belong
heart (physical or emotional); feeling (an emotion, a direct experience)
Tok Pisin: pilim - feel; English: -im - him; English: him - him
black, dark, unlit
See also: suno, walo
Finnish: pimeä - dark
ago, completed, ended, finished, past
See also: open, kama
Acadian French: fini - finished, completed; Tok Pisin: pinis - finish (perfective aspect); English: finish - finish
bug, insect, ant, spider
Acadian French: bibitte - bug
hip, side; next to, nearby, vicinity | ALT along with (comitative), beside
See also: lon
Serbo-Croatian: boka (бока) - side, flank (genitive)
container, bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel
Tok Pisin: bokis - box, female genitalia (vulgar); English: box - box
good, positive, useful; friendly, peaceful; simple
See also: ike
Esperanto: bona - good
interacting with the official Toki Pona book
See also: ku, su
core · pu · 96%
Mandarin: 樸 (pǔ) - unworked wood, sincere, honest, inherent quality, simple; English: book - book
same, similar; each other; sibling, peer, fellow; as, like
See also: ante
Finnish: sama - same; Proto-Germanic: *samaz - same, alike; Esperanto: sama - same; English: same - same
fire; cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source
See also: lete
Georgian: ცხელი (cxeli) - hot
outer form, outer layer; bark, peel, shell, skin; boundary
Esperanto: ŝelo - skin, peel; German: schale - peel, husk, shell
what? which?
Mandarin: 什麼 (shénme) - what, something
area above, highest part, something elevated; awe-inspiring, divine, sacred, supernatural
See also: anpa
Georgian: ზევით (zevit) - upwards
body (of person or animal), physical state, torso
Serbo-Croatian: тијело (tijelo) - body
round or circular thing; ball, circle, cycle, sphere, wheel; of one year
See also: leko
English: circle - circle
new, fresh; additional, another, extra
See also: namako
Mandarin: 新 (xīn) - new, fresh
you
Finnish: sinä - you
face, foremost, front, wall
See also: monsi
Cantonese: 前邊 (tsin bin) - in front
image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing
Dutch: schilderen - paint
fungus, fungi
See also: kasi, kili
common · ku suli · 63%
Georgian: სოკო (sok’o) - mushroom
know, be skilled in, be wise about, have information on; (pv.) know how to
Georgian: ცოდნა (codna) - knowledge
animal, beast, land mammal
Georgian: ცხოველი (cxoveli) - beastly animal, lively, passionate
big, heavy, large, long, tall; important; adult
See also: lili
Finnish: suuri - big, large, great
sun; light, brightness, glow, radiance, shine; light source
See also: mun, pimeja
Esperanto: suno - sun
horizontal surface, thing to put or rest something on
Esperanto: surfaco - surface; Acadian French: surface - surface; English: surface - surface
sweet, fragrant; cute, innocent, adorable
Tok Pisin: swit - sweet; English: sweet - sweet
by, from, because of; origin, cause
Cantonese: 從 (tsung) - from
but, however; only
Tok Pisin: tasol - just, only, but, however; English: that’s all - that’s all
going to, toward; for; from the perspective of; moving | ALT (pv.) going to
See also: awen, kama
English: toward - toward
water, liquid, fluid, wet substance; beverages
Acadian French: de l’eau - (some) water
time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation
Esperanto: tempo - time; Latin: tempus - time
communicate, say, speak, talk, use language, think; hello
Tok Pisin: tok - talk; English: talk - talk
indoor space; building, home, house, room
See also: poki
Esperanto: domo - house; Polish: dom - house; Latin: domus - house; Ancient Greek: δόμος - house
non-binary, gender-non-conforming | ALT trans, non-cisgender
See also: meli, mije, kule
Mandarin: 同志 (tóngzhì) - comrade (same will/purpose), LGBT+
two | ALT separate, cut
See also: kipisi
English: two - two; Esperanto: du - two
have sexual relations with
mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw
Serbo-Croatian: уста (usta) - mouth
battle, challenge, compete against, struggle against
See also: ike, anpa
Serbo-Croatian: ударати (udarati) - strike, hit, beat
white, whitish; light-coloured, pale
See also: pimeja
Finnish: valko - white
unique, united; one
See also: tu, mute
English: one - one
bird, flying creature, winged animal
Acadian French: oiseau - bird
strong, powerful; confident, sure; energetic, intense
Finnish: vahva - strong, powerful, thick
absent, away, ignored
Dutch: weg - away, gone
must, need, require, should, want, wish
Dutch: willen - want, desire
