Toki Pona - official word list 2020-02-11
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.
separator: A declarative sentence ends with a full stop. Don't use a full stop before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'.

!
separator: An imperative or an interjection sentence (exclamatory) ends with an exclamation mark. Don't use an exclamation mark before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'.

?
separator: An question (interrogative sentence) always ends with a question mark. Don't use a question mark before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'o', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'.

:
separator: A colon is between an hint sentences and a sentences. Before and after the colon has to be complete sentences. Don't use a colon before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'.

,
separator: A comma is used after an 'o' to addressing people. Optional you can put a comma before a preposition. Don't use a comma before or after the separators 'e', 'la', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'.

''
separator: Quotation marks are used for words with original spelling or for quotes.

'
unofficial: An apostrophe can identify a predicate that does not contain a verb.

#
unofficial: Number sign

a
interjection: ah, ha, uh, oh, ooh, aw, well (emotion word)

a a a!
interjection: laugh

akesi
adjective: amphibian-, reptilian-, slimy

akesi
noun: reptile, amphibian; non-cute animal

ala
adjective: no, not, none, un-

ala
adjective numeral: null, 0

ala
adverb: don't

ala!
interjection: no!

ala
noun: nothing, negation, zero

alasa
adjective: hunting-, -hunting, hunting

alasa
noun: hunting

alasa (e )
verb transitive: to hunt, to forage

ale
adjective: all, every, complete, whole (ale = ali), (depreciated)

ale
adjective numeral: 100 (official Toki Pona book)

ale
adverb: always, forever, evermore, eternally (ale = ali), (depreciated)

ale
noun: everything, anything, life, the universe, (depreciated)

ali
adjective: all, every, complete, whole (ale = ali)

ali
adverb: always, forever, evermore, eternally (ale = ali)

ali
noun: everything, anything, life, the universe

anpa
adjective: low, lower, bottom, down

anpa
adverb: downstairs, below, deep, low, deeply

anpa
noun: bottom, lower part, under, below, floor, beneath

anpa
verb intransitive: to prostrate oneself

anpa (e )
verb transitive: to defeat, to beat, to vanquish, to conquer, to enslave

ante
adjective: different, dissimilar, changed, other, unequal, differential

ante
noun: difference, distinction, differential, variation, variance, disagreement

ante la
noun: if difference, if variance, if disagreement

ante (e )
verb transitive: to change, to alter, to modify

anu
conjunction: or (used for decision questions)

awen
adjective: remaining, stationary, permanent, sedentary

awen
adverb: still, yet

awen
noun: inertia, continuity, continuum, stay

awen
verb intransitive: to stay, to wait,to remain

awen (e )
verb transitive: to keep

e
separator: An 'e' introduces a direct object. Don't use 'e' before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', 'o', '.', '!', '?', ':', ','.

en
conjunction: and (used to coordinate head nouns)

esun
adjective: commercial, trade, marketable, for sale, salable, deductible

esun
noun: market, shop, fair, bazaar, business, transaction

esun (e )
verb transitive: to buy, to sell, to barter, to swap

ijo
adjective: of something

ijo
adverb: of something

ijo
noun: thing, something, stuff, anything, object

ijo (e )
verb transitive: to objectify

ike
adjective: bad, negative, wrong, evil, overly complex

ike
adverb: bad, negative, wrong, evil, overly complex

ike!
interjection: oh dear! woe! alas!

ike
noun: negativity, badness, evil

ike la
noun: if negativity, if badness, if evil

ike
verb intransitive: to be bad, to suck

ike (e )
verb transitive: to make bad, to worsen

ilo
adjective: useful

ilo
adverb: usefully

ilo
noun: tool, device, machine, thing used for a specific purpose

insa
adjective: inner, internal

insa
noun: inside, inner world, centre, stomach

jaki
adjective: dirty, gross, filthy, obscene

jaki
adverb: dirty, gross, filthy

jaki!
interjection: ew! yuck!

jaki
noun: dirt, pollution, garbage, filth, feces

jaki (e )
verb transitive: to pollute, to dirty

jan
adjective: human, somebody's, personal, of people

jan
adverb: human, somebody's, personal, of people

jan
noun: person, people, human, being, somebody, anybody

jan (e )
verb transitive: to personify, to humanize, to personalize

jelo
adjective: yellowish, yellowy

jelo
noun: yellow, light green

jo
adjective: private, personal

jo
noun: having, possessions, content

jo (e )
verb transitive: to have, to contain

jo (e )
verb transitive: to get

kala
adjective: fish-

kala
noun: fish, marine animal, sea creature

kalama
adjective: noisy, loud, rowdy

kalama
noun: sound, noise, voice

kalama
verb intransitive: to make noise

kalama (e )
verb transitive: to sound, to ring, to play (an instrument)

kama
adjective: coming, future

kama
adverb: coming, future

kama
noun: event, happening, chance, arrival, beginning

kama
verb intransitive: to come, to become, to arrive, to happen

kama
auxiliary verb: to become, to mange to

kama (e )
verb transitive: to bring about, to summon

kasi
adjective: vegetable, vegetal, biological, biologic, leafy

kasi
noun: plant, vegetation, herb, leaf

kasi
verb intransitive: to grow

kasi (e )
verb transitive: to plant, to grow

ken
noun: possibility, ability, power to do things, permission

ken la
noun: if possibility, if ability, if permission

ken
verb intransitive: can, is able to, is allowed to, may, is possible

ken
auxiliary verb: to can, may

ken (e )
verb transitive: to make possible, to enable, to allow, to permit

kepeken
noun: use, usage, tool

kepeken
preposition: with, using

kepeken
verb intransitive: to use

kili
adjective: fruity

kili
adverb: fruity

kili
noun: fruit, pulpy vegetable, mushroom

kin
adjective: indeed, still, too kin can be the very last word in an adjective group.

kin
adverb: actually, indeed, in fact, really, objectively, kin can be the very last word in an adverb group.

kin!
interjection: really!

kin
noun: reality, fact

kin la
noun: if reality, if fact

kipisi
noun: (unofficial): section, fragment, slice

kipisi (e )
verb transitive: (unofficial): to cut

kiwen
adjective: hard, solid, stone-like, made of stone or metal

kiwen
adverb: hard, solid, stone-like, made of stone or metal

kiwen
noun: hard thing, rock, stone, metal, mineral, clay

kiwen (e )
verb transitive: to solidify, to harden, to petrify, to fossilize

ko
noun: semi-solid or squishy substance; clay, dough, glue, paste, powder, gum

ko (e )
verb transitive: to squash, to pulverize

kon
adjective: air-like, ethereal, gaseous

kon
adverb: air-like, ethereal, gaseous

kon
noun: air, wind, smell, soul

kon
verb intransitive:: to breathe

kon (e )
verb transitive: to blow away something, to puff away something

kule
adjective: colourful, pigmented, painted

kule
noun: color, colour, paint, ink, dye, hue

kule (e )
verb transitive: to paint, to color

kulupu
adjective: communal, shared, public, of the society

kulupu
noun: group, community, society, company, people

kulupu (e )
verb transitive: to assemble, to call together, to convene

kute
adjective: auditory, hearing

kute
noun: hearing, ear

kute (e )
verb transitive: to hear, to listen,

la
separator: A 'la' is between a conditional phrases and the main sentence. A context phrase can be sentence, half sentence or noun. Don't use 'la' before or after the other separators 'e', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':', ','.

lape
adjective: sleeping, of sleep, dormant

lape
adverb: asleep

lape
noun: sleep, rest

lape
verb intransitive: to sleep, to rest

lape (e )
verb transitive: to knock out

laso
adjective: bluish, bluey

laso
noun: blue, blue-green

lawa
adjective: main, leading, in charge

lawa
adverb: main, leading, in charge

lawa
noun: head, mind

lawa (e )
verb transitive: to lead, to control, to rule, to steer

len
adjective: dressed, clothed, costumed, dressed up

len
noun: clothing, cloth, fabric, network, internet

len (e )
verb transitive: to wear, to be dressed, to dress

lete
adjective: cold, cool, uncooked, raw, perishing

lete
adverb: bleakly

lete
noun: cold, chill, bleakness

lete (e )
verb transitive: to cool down, to chill

li
separator: It separates the subject phrase, except 'mi' and 'sina', from the predicate phrase. Don't use 'li' before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'o', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':', ','.

lili
adjective: small, little, young, a bit, short, few, less

lili
adverb: small, little, young, a bit, short, few, less

lili
noun: smallness, youth, immaturity

lili (e )
verb transitive: to reduce, to shorten, to shrink, to lessen

linja
adjective: elongated, oblong, long

linja
noun: long and flexible thing; string, rope, hair, thread, cord, chain, line, yarn

lipu
adjective: book-, paper-, card-, ticket-, sheet-, page,-

lipu
noun: paper, book, card, ticket, sheet, (web-)page, list ; flat and bendable thing

loje
adjective: reddish, ruddy, pink, pinkish, gingery

loje
noun: red

lon
adjective: true, existing, correct, real, genuine

lon
noun: existence, being, presence

lon
preposition: be (located) in/at/on

lon
verb intransitive: to be there, to be present, to be real/true, to exist

lon (e )
verb transitive: to give birth, to create

luka
adjective: tangible, palpable

luka
adjective numeral: five, 5

luka
noun: arm, hand, tacticle organ

lukin
adjective: visual(ly)

lukin
adverb: visual(ly)

lukin
noun: view, look, glance, sight, gaze, glimpse, seeing, vision

lukin
verb intransitive: to look, to watch out, to pay attention

lukin (e )
verb transitive: to see, to look at, to watch, to read

lukin
auxiliary verb: to seek to, try to, look for

lupa
adjective: hole-, holey, full of holes

lupa
noun: hole, orifice, door, window

lupa (e )
verb transitive: to pierce, to stab, to perforate

ma
adjective: countrified, outdoor, alfresco, open-air

ma
noun: land, earth, country, (outdoor) area

mama
adjective: of the parent, parental, maternal, fatherly, motherly, mumsy

mama
noun: parent, mother, father

mama (e )
verb transitive: to mother sb., to wet-nurse, mothering

mani
adjective: financial, financially, monetary, pecuniary

mani
adverb: financially

mani
noun: money, material wealth, currency, dollar, capital

meli
adjective: female, feminine, womanly

meli
noun: woman, female, girl, wife, girlfriend

mi
personal pronoun: I, we

mi
possessive pronoun: my, our

e mi
reflexive pronoun: myself, ourselves

mije
adjective: male, masculine, manly

mije
noun: man, male, husband, boyfriend

moku
adjective: eating

moku
adverb: eating

moku
noun: food, meal

moku (e )
verb transitive: to eat, to drink, to swallow, to ingest, to consume

moli
adjective: dead, dying, fatal, deadly, lethal, mortal, deathly, killing

moli
adverb: mortally

moli
noun: death, decease

moli
verb intransitive: to die, to be dead

moli (e )
verb transitive: to kill

moli
intransitives verb: dieing

monsi
adjective: back, rear

monsi
noun: back, rear end, butt, behind

monsuta
adjective: (unofficial): fearful, afraid

monsuta
noun: (unofficial): monster, monstrosity, fearful thing, fright, mythical creatures, fear

mu
adjective: animal nois-

mu
adverb: animal nois-

mu!
interjection: woof! meow! moo! etc. (cute animal noise)

mu
noun: animal noise

mu
verb intransitive: to communicate animally

mu (e )
verb transitive: to make animal noise

mun
adjective: lunar

mun
noun: moon, lunar, night sky object, star

musi
adjective: artful, fun, recreational

musi
adverb: cheerfully

musi
noun: fun, playing, game, recreation, art, entertainment

musi
verb intransitive: to play, to have fun

musi (e )
verb transitive: to amuse, to entertain

mute
adjective: many, very, much, several, a lot, abundant, numerous, more

mute
adjective numeral: 20 (official Toki Pona book)

mute
adverb: many, very, much, several, a lot, abundant, numerous, more

mute
noun: amount, quantity

mute (e )
verb transitive: to make many or much

namako
adjective: spicy, piquant

namako
noun: spice, something extra, food additive, accessory

namako (e )
verb transitive: to spice, to flavor, to decorate

nanpa
adjective numeral: To build ordinal numbers.

nanpa
noun: number, numeral

nanpa (e )
verb transitive: to count, to reckon, to number

nasa
adjective: silly, crazy, foolish, drunk, strange, stupid, weird

nasa
adverb: silly, crazy, foolish, drunk, strange, stupid, weird

nasa
noun: stupidity, foolishness, silliness, nonsense, idiocy, obtuseness, muddler

nasa (e )
verb transitive: to drive crazy, to make weird

nasin
adjective: systematic, habitual, customary, doctrinal

nasin
noun: way, manner, custom, road, path, doctrine, system, method

nena
adjective: hilly, undulating, mountainous, hunchbacked, humpbacked, bumpy

nena
noun: bump, hill, extrusion, button, mountain, nose, protuberance

ni
adjective demonstrative pronoun: this, that

ni
noun demonstrative pronoun: this, that

nimi
noun: word, name

nimi (e )
verb transitive: to name

noka
adjective: foot-, lower, bottom

noka
adverb: on foot

noka
noun: leg, foot; organ of locomotion; bottom, lower part

o!
interjection: hey! (calling somebody's attention)

o,
interjection: adressing people

o !
subject: An 'o' is used for imperative (commands). 'o' replace the subject.

o !
separator: An 'o' is used for imperative (commands): 'o' replace 'li'.

oko
adjective: optical, eye-

oko
noun: eye

olin
adjective: love

olin
noun: love

olin (e )
verb transitive: to love (a person)

ona
personal pronoun: she, he, it, they

ona
possessive pronoun: her, his, its

e ona
reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, itself, themselves

open
adjective: initial, starting, opening

open
noun: start, beginning, opening

open la
noun: at the opening, in the beginning

open (e )
verb transitive: to open, to start, to begin, to turn on

open
auxiliary verb: to begin, to start

pakala
adjective: destroyed, ruined, demolished, shattered, wrecked

pakala
adverb: destroyed, ruined, demolished, shattered, wrecked

pakala!
interjection: damn! fuck!

pakala
noun: blunder, accident, mistake, destruction, damage, breaking

pakala
verb intransitive: to screw up, to fall apart, to break

pakala (e )
verb transitive: to screw up, to ruin, to break, to hurt, to injure, to damage

pali
adjective: active, work-related, operating, working

pali
adverb: actively, briskly

pali
noun: activity, work, deed, project

pali
verb intransitive: to act, to work, to function

pali (e )
verb transitive: to do, to make, to build, to create

palisa
adjective: long

palisa
noun: long hard thing; branch, rod, stick, pointy thing

palisa (e )
verb transitive: to stretch, to beat, to poke, to stab, to sexually arouse

pan
noun: cereal, grain; barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat; bread, pasta

pan (e )
verb transitive: to sow

pana
adjective: generous

pana
noun: giving, transfer, exchange

pana (e )
verb transitive: to give, to put, to send, to place, to release, to emit, to cause

pi
separator: 'pi' is used to build complex compound nouns. 'pi' separates a (pro)noun from another (pro)noun that has at least one adjective. After 'pi' could only be a noun or pronoun. Don't use 'pi' before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'o', '.', '!', '?', ':'.

pilin
adjective: sensitive, feeling, empathic

pilin
adverb: perceptively

pilin
noun: feelings, emotion, feel, think, sense, touch,

pilin
verb intransitive: to feel, to sense

pilin (e )
verb transitive: to feel, to think, to touch, to fumble, to fiddle

pimeja
adjective: black, dark

pimeja
noun: darkness, shadows

pimeja (e )
verb transitive: to darken

pini
adjective: completed, finished, past, done

pini
adverb: ago, past, perfectly

pini
noun: end, tip

pini (e )
verb transitive: to end, to stop, to turn off, to finish, to close

pini
auxiliary verb: to stop, to finish, to end, to interrupt

pipi
noun: bug, insect, spider

poka
adjective: neighbouring

poka
noun: side, hip, next to

poki
noun: container, box, bowl, cup, glass

poki (e )
verb transitive: to box up, to put in, to can, to bottle

pona
adjective: good, simple, positive, nice, correct, right

pona
adverb: good, simple, positive, nice, correct, right

pona!
interjection: great! good! thanks! OK! cool! yay!

pona
noun: good, simplicity, positivity

pona la
noun: if good, if simplicity, if positivity

pona (e )
verb transitive: to improve, to fix, to repair, to make good

pu
adjective: buying and interacting with the official Toki Pona book

pu
noun: buying and interacting with the official Toki Pona book

pu
auxiliary verb: to buying and interacting with the official Toki Pona book

pu
verb intransitive: to buy and to read (the official Toki Pona book)

pu (e )
verb transitive: to apply (the official Toki Pona book) to

sama
adjective: same, similar, equal, of equal status or position

sama
adverb: just as, equally, exactly the same, just the same, similarly

sama
noun: equality, parity, equity, identity, par, sameness

sama la
noun: in case of equality, if parity, on identity

sama
preposition: like, as, seem

sama (e )
verb transitive: to equate, to make equal, to make similar to

seli
adjective: hot, warm, cooked

seli
adverb: hot, warm, cooked

seli
noun: fire, warmth, heat

seli (e )
verb transitive: to heat, to warm up, to cook

selo
noun: skin, outer form, bark, peel, shell, skin, boundary, shape

selo (e )
verb transitive: to shelter, to protect, to guard

seme
question pronoun: what, which, wh- (question word)

sewi
adjective: superior, elevated, religious, formal

sewi
adverb: superior, elevated, religious, formal

sewi
noun: high, up, above, top, over, on

sewi
verb intransitive: to get up

sewi (e )
verb transitive: to lift

sijelo
adjective: physical, bodily, corporal, corporeal, material, carnal

sijelo
adverb: physically, bodily

sijelo
noun: body (of person or animal), physical state, torso

sijelo (e )
verb transitive: to heal, to heal up, to cure

sike
adjective: round, cyclical, of one year

sike
adverb: rotated

sike
noun: circle, ball, cycle, sphere, wheel; round or circular thing

sike (e )
verb transitive: to orbit, to circle, to revolve, to circle around, to rotate

sin
adjective: new, fresh, another, more

sin
adverb: regenerative

sin
noun: news, novelty, innovation, newness, new release

sin (e )
verb transitive: to renew, to renovate, to freshen

sina
personal pronoun: you

sina
possessive pronoun: yours

e sina
reflexive pronoun: yourself, yourselves

sinpin
adjective: facial, frontal, anterior, vertical

sinpin
noun: face, foremost, front, wall, chest, torso

sitelen
adjective: figurative, pictorial, metaphorical, metaphorisch

sitelen
adverb: pictorially

sitelen
noun: picture, image, representation, symbol, mark, writing

sitelen (e )
verb transitive: to draw, to write

sona
adjective: knowing, cognizant, shrewd

sona
noun: knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, understanding

sona
verb intransitive: to know, to understand

sona (e )
verb transitive: to know, to understand, to know how to

sona (e )
transitives verb: to learn, to study

sona
auxiliary verb: to know how to

soweli
adjective: animal

soweli
noun: animal, especially land mammal, lovable animal, beast

suli
adjective: big, tall, long, adult, important

suli
adverb: big, tall, long, adult, important

suli
noun: size

suli (e )
verb transitive: to enlarge, to lengthen

suno
adjective: sunny, sunnily

suno
adverb: sunny, sunnily

suno
noun: sun, light

suno (e )
verb transitive: to light, to illumine

supa
adjective: flat, shallow, flat-bottomed, horizontal

supa
noun: horizontal surface, e.g furniture, table, chair, pillow, floor

suwi
adjective: sweet, cute

suwi
noun: candy, sweet food

suwi (e )
verb transitive: to sweeten

tan
adjective: causal,

tan
noun: origin, cause

tan
preposition: from, by, because of, since

tan
verb intransitive: to come from, originate from, come out of

taso
adjective: only, sole

taso
adverb: only, just, merely, simply, solely, singly

taso
conjunction: but, however

tawa
adjective: moving, mobile

tawa
adverb: moving, mobile

tawa
noun: movement, transportation

tawa
preposition: to, in order to, towards, for, until

tawa
verb intransitive: to walk, to travel, to move, to leave, to visit

tawa (e )
verb transitive: to move, to displace

telo
adjective: wett, slobbery, moist, damp, humid, sticky, sweaty, dewy, drizzly

telo
adverb: wett, slobbery, moist, damp, humid, sticky, sweaty, dewy, drizzly

telo
noun: water, liquid, juice, sauce

telo (e )
verb transitive: to water, to wash with water, to put water to, to melt, to liquify

tenpo
adjective: temporal, chronological, chronologic

tenpo
adverb: chronologically

tenpo
noun: time, period of time, moment, duration, situation, occasion

toki
adjective: speaking, eloquent, linguistic, verbal, grammatical

toki
adverb: speaking, eloquent, linguistic, verbal, grammatical

toki!
interjection: hello, hi, good morning,

toki
noun: language, speech, tongue, lingo, jargon,

toki
verb intransitive: to talk, to chat, to communicate

toki (e )
verb transitive: to speak, to talk, to say, to pronounce, to discourse

tomo
adjective: urban, domestic, household

tomo
adverb: urban, domestic, household

tomo
noun: indoor constructed space, e.g. house, home, room, building

tomo (e )
verb transitive: to build, to construct, to engineer

tu
adjective numeral: two, 2

tu
noun: duo, pair

tu (e )
verb transitive: to divide, to double, to separate, to cut in two

unpa
adjective: erotic, sexual

unpa
adverb: erotic, sexual

unpa
noun: sex, sexuality

unpa
verb intransitive: to have sex

unpa (e )
verb transitive: to have sex with, to sleep with, to fuck

uta
adjective: oral

uta
adverb: orally

uta
noun: mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw, beak

uta (e )
verb transitive: to kiss, to osculate, to oral stimulate, to suck

utala
adjective: fighting

utala
adverb: fighting

utala
noun: conflict, disharmony, fight, war, battle, attack, violence

utala (e )
verb transitive: to hit, to strike, to attack, to compete against

walo
adjective: white, whitish, light-coloured, pale

walo
noun: white thing or part, whiteness, lightness

walo (e )
verb transitive: to whiten, to whitewash

wan
adjective numeral: one, 1

wan
noun: unit, element, particle, part, piece

wan (e )
verb transitive: to unite, to make one

waso
adjective: bird-

waso
noun: bird, bat; flying creature, winged animal

wawa
adjective: energetic, strong, fierce, intense, sure, confident

wawa
adverb: strongly, powerfully

wawa
noun: energy, strength, power

wawa (e )
verb transitive: to strengthen, to energize, to empower

weka
adjective: absent, away, ignored

weka
noun: absence

weka (e )
verb transitive: to remove, to eliminate, to throw away, to get rid of

wile
noun: desire, need, will

wile (e )
verb transitive: to want, need, wish, have to, must, will, should

wile
auxiliary verb: to want, need, wish, have to, must, will, should

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