Dictionary of luka pona

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This is a dictionary for the luka pona sign language.

Word list

Word	SignWriting	Hand­shape	Orientation, placement, movement, details
			English	Toki Pona
akesi		tu (V)	fingers pointing sideways on mouth	palisa luka li lon weka lon uta
ala		supa (FlatB)	shoulder	lon nena (pi poka sijelo)
alasa		wan (1)	away from self	tawa weka
ale/ali		telo (5)	vertical circle	sike sewi
anpa		tawa (L)	pointing down	palisa luka li lon anpa
		nena (BentB)	downward movement	tawa anpa
ante		kiwen (OpenA)	flip up	o ante e sinpin luka lon sewi
		wan (1)
anu		tawa (L)	flip up	o ante e sinpin tawa sewi
awen		nena (BentB)	towards self	tawa jan
			shoulder	nena (lon poka sijelo)
en/kin/kan		tawa (L)	flip down	o ante e sinpin tawa anpa
esun		nena (BentB)	vertical circle palm up	sike supa sinpin luka li lon sewi
ijo		wan (1)	other hand	lon luka (ante)
ike		kiwen (OpenA)	palm away from self	sinpin luka li lon jan
ilo		tawa (L)	other hand	lon luka (ante)
insa		tawa (L)	chest/stomach	lon sijelo
isipin/lukin		wan (1)	eyes	lon oko
jaki		kiwen (OpenA)	eyes palm away from self	lon oko sinpin luka li lon jan
jan		wan (1)	downward movement fingers up	tawa anpa palisa luka li lon sewi
		tawa (L)	downward movement palm down	tawa anpa sinpin luka li lon anpa
jelo		lili (9)	beside head	lon lawa (poka)
jo		nena (BentB)	palm up	sinpin luka li lon sewi
kala		supa (FlatB)	shake	tawa mute
kalama		telo (5)	on mouth palm down	lon uta sinpin luka li lon anpa
			beside head palm down	lon poka lawa sinpin luka li lon anpa
kama/tawa		tawa (L)	movement away	tawa weka
			sideways	tawa poka
			towards self	tawa jan
kasi	Empty cell
ken		kiwen (OpenA)	downward	tawa anpa
kepeken		kiwen (OpenA)	vertical circle	sike sewi
ki­je­te­san­ta­ka­lu		tu (V)	eyes palm away from self	lon oko sinpin luka li lon weka
kili		kiwen (OpenA)	mouth	lon uta
kipisi		tu (V)	flick down	tawa lili anpa
kiwen		kiwen (OpenA)	palm down	sinpin luka li lon anpa
ko		nena (BentB)	vertical circle	sike sewi
kon		telo (5)	wiggle/fan	tawa mute
ku		—	spelling [?]-U	ona li sama nimi [?]-U
kule		lili (9)	vertical circle	sike sewi
kulupu		wan (1)	horizontal circle	sike supa
		telo (5)	horizontal circle pointing up	sike supa palisa luka li lon sewi
kute		wan (1)	head	lon lawa (poka)
la		tawa (L)	flick up	tawa lili sewi
lape		supa (FlatB)	head	lon lawa (poka)
laso		lili (9)	hand (other)	lon luka (ante)
lawa		kiwen (OpenA)	head	lon lawa (poka)
len		nena (BentB)	chest/stomach	lon sijelo
lete		telo (5)	hand (other)	lon luka (ante)
lili		supa (FlatB)	downwards motion	tawa anpa
		tu (V)	downwards motion	tawa anpa
		lili (9)	sinpin luka li lon weka	sinpin luka li lon weka
linja		lili (9)	sideways	tawa poka
lipu		supa (FlatB)	on other hand	lon luka ante
loje		lili (9)	mouth	lon uta
lon		wan (1)	flick down	tawa lili anpa
		tawa (L)
luka		telo (5)	palm away from self	sinpin luka tawa weka
lukin/oko	This row needs work: Split to rows If you know about this topic, you can help us by editing it. (See all)	tu (V)	vertical circle eyes pointing away from self fingers away from self pointing away from self pointing away from self	sike sewi lon oko palisa luka li lon weka palisa luka tawa weka palisa luka li lon weka palisa luka li lon jan
lupa		sike (O)	palm down	sinpin luka li lon anpa
ma		supa (FlatB)	horizontal circle palm down	sike supa sinpin luka li lon anpa
mama		tu (V)	chest/stomach palm up	lon sijelo sinpin luka li lon sewi
mani		wan (1)	eyes pointing up	lon oko palisa luka li lon sewi
meli		tawa (L)	mouth	lon uta
mi		wan (1)	pointing towards self	palisa luka li lon jan
mije		tawa (L)	eyes	lon oko
moku		sike (O)	mouth	lon uta
moli		supa (FlatB)	mouth sideways motion	lon uta tawa poka
monsi		supa (FlatB)	palm towards self	sinpin luka li lon jan
monsuta		telo (5)	towards self	tawa jan
mu		nena (BentB)	mouth	lon uta
		telo (5)	beside head palm down	lon poka lawa sinpin luka li lon anpa
mun		sike (O)	head (beside)	lon lawa (poka)
musi		telo (5)	palm to the side upward motion	sinpin luka li lon poka tawa sewi
mute		telo (5)	sideways	tawa poka
namako/sin	This row needs work: Split to rows If you know about this topic, you can help us by editing it. (See all)	supa (FlatB)	hand (other) upward motion fingers pointing upward	lon luka (ante) tawa sewi palisa luka li lon sewi
nanpa		telo (5)	eyes	lon oko
nasa		wan (1)	vertical circle	sike sewi
nasin		supa (FlatB)	away from self	tawa weka
nena		nena (BentB)	palm down	sinpin li lon anpa
ni		wan (1)	palm down	palisa luka li lon anpa
nimi		supa (FlatB)	eyes	lon oko
noka		tu (V)	palm down	palisa luka li lon anpa
o		supa (FlatB)	flick down	tawa lili tawa anpa
olin		telo (5)	chest/stomach	lon sijelo
ona		wan (1)	palm sideways	palisa luka li lon poka
open		supa (FlatB)	flip up	ante sinpin tawa sewi
pakala		telo (5)	sinpin li ante tawa sewi	sinpin li ante tawa sewi
pali	This row needs work: Split to rows If you know about this topic, you can help us by editing it. (See all)	kiwen (OpenA)	other hand fan/wiggle/shake	lon luka ante tawa mute
palisa		sike (O)	movement sideways	tawa poka
pan		telo (5)	mouth	lon uta
pana/lanpan		nena (BentB)	away from self sinpin luka li lon sewi	tawa weka sinpin luka li lon sewi
			towards self sinpin luka li lon sewi	tawa jan sinpin luka li lon sewi
			sideways sinpin luka li lon sewi	tawa poka sinpin luka li lon sewi
pi		lili (9)	flick up	tawa lili tawa sewi
pilin		lili (9)	chest/stomach	lon sijelo
pimeja		lili (9)	shoulder	lon nena (lon poka sijelo)
pini		supa (FlatB)	flip down	ante sinpin tawa anpa
pipi		lili (9)	wiggle/shake	tawa mute
poka		tawa (L)	fingers point sideways	palisa luka li lon poka
poki		sike (O)	fingers point sideways	sinpin luka li lon poka
pona		kiwen (OpenA)	palm towards self	sinpin luka li lon jan
pu		—	spelling B-U	ona li sama nimi B-U
sama		kiwen (OpenA)	flip down	o ante e sinpin luka tawa anpa
		wan (1)
seli		telo (5)	shoulder	lon nena (pi poka sijelo)
selo		sike (O)	other hand	lon luka (ante)
seme		supa (FlatB)	sinpin luka li lon sewi	sinpin luka li lon sewi
		wan (1)	shake/wiggle/fan	tawa mute
sewi		tawa (L)	pointing up	palisa luka li lon sewi
		nena (BentB)	movement up	tawa sewi
sijelo		supa (FlatB)	chest/stomach	lon sijelo
			downward	tawa anpa
sike		sike (O)	vertical circle	sike sewi
sin	This row needs work: Split to rows If you know about this topic, you can help us by editing it. (See all)	supa (FlatB)	other hand movement up	lon luka (ante) tawa sewi
sina		wan (1)	palm away from self	palisa luka li lon weka
sinpin		supa (FlatB)	palm down	sinpin luka li lon anpa
sitelen		lili (9)	horizontal circle	sike supa
sona		nena (BentB)	head (beside)	lon lawa (poka)
sona/isipin	This row needs work: Split to rows If you know about this topic, you can help us by editing it. (See all)	wan (1)	head (beside) pointing up	lon lawa (poka) palisa luka li lon sewi
soweli		tu (V)	pointing up downward	palisa luka li lon sewi tawa anpa
suli		supa (FlatB)	movement downward	tawa anpa
		tu (V)
suno		telo (5)	head (beside)	lon lawa (poka)
supa		supa (FlatB)	movement sideways palm downward	tawa poka sinpin luka li lon anpa
suwi		tu (V)	mouth	lon uta
tan		telo (5)	flip down	ante sinpin tawa anpa
taso		wan (1)	flick up	tawa lili sewi
telo		telo (5)	movement away	tawa weka
tenpo		tu (V)	other hand	lon luka (ante)
toki		supa (FlatB)	vertical circle	sike sewi
tomo		nena (BentB)	sideways	tawa poka
tonsi		tawa (L)	beside head	lon lawa (poka)
tu		tu (V)	palm towards self	sinpin luka li lon jan
unpa		tu (V)	fingers up and down twice spelling U-N-U-N	luka li tawa sewi tawa anpa lon tenpo tu ona li sama nimi U-N-U-N
uta		wan (1)	mouth	lon uta
utala		kiwen (OpenA)	movement away	tawa weka
			towards self	tawa jan
			sideways	tawa poka
walo		lili (9)	eyes	lon oko
wan		wan (1)	palm towards self	sinpin luka li lon jan
waso		telo (5)	flick down	tawa lili anpa
wawa		kiwen (OpenA)	chest/stomach	lon sijelo
weka		supa (FlatB)	flick up	tawa lili sewi
wile		sike (O)	chest/stomach	lon sijelo
		telo (5)	towards self palm up	tawa jan sinpin luka li lon sewi