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| toki pona<ref>Same goes for ''sitelen pona'' and such.</ref> || the language of good by Sonja Lang || toki ni, toki pi jan Sonja, toki lili, toki pi nimi lili

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| tomo tawa<ref>Funnily enough, ''pu'' uses this as part of a call ''not'' to lexicalize, proposing ''ilo tawa'' from the perspective of a driver and ''kiwen tawa'' for a near-hit pedestrian.</ref> || car || ilo tawa, poki tawa, soweli ilo

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| telo nasa || alcoholic drink || telo pan, telo ike, telo pona

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| jan pona || friend || jan poka, jan olin (for close friends), jan mi

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| jan lili || child || jan kili (if as in offspring), jan sin (if as in young)

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| tenpo [suno/esun/mun/sike] || day/week/month/year || sike [], []

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| tenpo pini || past || tenpo majuna, tenpo tan, tenpo weka

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| tenpo ni || present || tenpo lon, tenpo mi

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| tenpo kama || future || tenpo sin, tenpo tawa, tenpo pi sona ala

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| ma pona || the Discord server ''[[ma pona pi toki pona]]'' || ma ni, ma pi suli nanpa wan, ma pi akesi Jan

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| jan sin || newbie, especially in a ''toki pona'' context || jan pi kama sona, jan pi sona lili

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| nimi sin || word created after ''pu''/''ku'', or worse: any word not in a given official set (including ones created before it) || nimi namako, nimi pi [pu/ku] ala, nimi nasa

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| kasi nasa || marijuana and its derivatives such as edibles, vapes || moku nasa, moku pi lawa weka, kasi pi pilin nasa, kasi pi wile moku

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| pana sona || to teach, teaching, education || mi pana e sona, sina kama sona tan mi

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| soweli tomo || pet || soweli pona, soweli poka, soweli mi, soweli jan

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| ken la || maybe || ni li ken

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