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This is a list of '''{{wpw|Gloss (annotation)|glosses}}''' for [[Toki Pona]] words. These are not full definitions, but options for word-by-word annotation. A gloss should be brief while covering most of the word's [[semantic space]]. Multiple glosses may be needed for metaphorical senses or distinct [[parts of speech]].

! rowspan="2" | {{tp|[[toki pona]]}}

! colspan="62" | Gloss

! English

| {{tp|a}}

| ah

| {{tp|akesi}}

| reptile/<br />amphibian

| {{tp|ala}}

| no

| hunt,<br />try<ref name="pv">Chiefly [[pre-verb]] sense</ref>

| {{tp|ale}}/{{tp|ali}}

| all

| {{tp|anpa}}

| low

| {{tp|ante}}

| other

| {{tp|anu}}

| or

| {{tp|awen}}

| stay/keep

| {{tp|e}}

| <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|DOM|direct object marker}}</span>

| {{tp|en}}

| <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|SBJ|subject}}</span>/and

| {{tp|epiku}}

| epic

| {{tp|esun}}

| shop/, trade

| {{tp|ijo}}

| thing

| {{tp|ike}}

| bad

| {{tp|ilo}}

| tool

| {{tp|insa}}

| inside/guts

| {{tp|jaki}}

| gross

| {{tp|jan}}

| person

| {{tp|jasima}}

| reflect

| {{tp|jelo}}

| yellow

| {{tp|jo}}

| have

| {{tp|kala}}

| fish

| {{tp|kalama}}

| sound

| {{tp|kama}}

| coming,<br />become<ref name="pv" />

| {{tp|kasi}}

| plant

| {{tp|ken}}

| able,<br />can<ref name="pv" />

| {{tp|kepeken}}

| using<ref name="prep">Chiefly [[preposition]] sense</ref>

| {{tp|kijete&shy;san&shy;takalu}}

| raccoon

| {{tp|kili}}

| fruit

| {{tp|kin}}

| also

| {{tp|kipisi}}

| cut

| {{tp|kiwen}}

| rock/hard

| {{tp|ko}}

| paste/powder

| {{tp|kokosila}}

| non-{{abbr|TP|Toki Pona}}

| {{tp|kon}}

| air/spirit

| {{tp|ku}}

| ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary|''Dictionary'']]''

| {{tp|kule}}

| color

| {{tp|kulupu}}

| group

| {{tp|kute}}

| ear

| {{tp|la}}

| <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|COND|conditional}}</span>/<span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|TOP|topic}}</span>/so

| {{tp|lanpan}}

| take

| {{tp|lape}}

| rest

| {{tp|laso}}

| green/blue

| {{tp|lawa}}

| head

| {{tp|leko}}

| block

| {{tp|len}}

| cloth/cover

| {{tp|lete}}

| cold

| {{tp|li}}

| <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|PM|predicate marker}}</span>

| {{tp|lili}}

| little

| {{tp|linja}}

| {{tp|lipu}}

| page

| {{tp|loje}}

| red

| {{tp|lon}}

| at<ref name="prep" />,<br />real

| {{tp|luka}}

| arm

| {{tp|lukin}}

| see,<br />try<ref name="pv" />

| {{tp|lupa}}

| hole

| {{tp|ma}}

| land

| {{tp|mama}}

| parent

| {{tp|mani}}

| money

| {{tp|meli}}

| woman

| {{tp|meso}}

| medium

| {{tp|mi}}

| I/we

| {{tp|mije}}

| man

| {{tp|misikeke}}

| medicine

| {{tp|moku}}

| eat

| {{tp|moli}}

| dead

| {{tp|monsi}}

| back

| {{tp|monsuta}}

| fear

| {{tp|mu}}

| <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|ONOM|onomatopoeia}}</span>/<br />mew/moo

| {{tp|mun}}

| moon/star

| {{tp|musi}}

| fun

| {{tp|mute}}

| much/many

| {{tp|n}}

| hmm

| {{tp|namako}}

| spice/extra

| {{tp|nanpa}}

| number,<br /><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|ORD|ordinal numeral}}</span><ref name="prep" />

| {{tp|nasa}}

| weird/drunk

| {{tp|nasin}}

| way

| {{tp|nena}}

| bump

| {{tp|ni}}

| that

| {{tp|nimi}}

| word

| {{tp|noka}}

| foot

| {{tp|o}}

| <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|IMP|imperative}}</span>/please,<br /><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|VOC|vocative}}</span>/hey/O,<br /><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">{{abbr|OPT|optative}}</span>

| {{tp|oko}}

| eye

| {{tp|olin}}

| love

| {{tp|ona}}

| it/they

| {{tp|open}}

| start

| {{tp|pakala}}

| broken

| {{tp|pali}}

| work

| {{tp|palisa}}

| rod

| {{tp|pan}}

| grain

| {{tp|pana}}

| give

| {{tp|pi}}

| {{tp|pilin}}

| feel

| {{tp|pimeja}}

| dark

| {{tp|pini}}

| end,<br />stop

| {{tp|pipi}}

| bug

| {{tp|poka}}

| side

| {{tp|poki}}

| box

| {{tp|pona}}

| good

| {{tp|pu}}

| [[Toki Pona: The Language of Good|''The Language<br />of Good'']]

| {{tp|sama}}

| alike,<br />as<ref name="prep" />

| {{tp|seli}}

| fire,<br />heat

| {{tp|selo}}

| skin

| {{tp|seme}}

| what

| {{tp|sewi}}

| high

| {{tp|sijelo}}

| body

| {{tp|sike}}

| circle

| {{tp|sin}}

| new

| {{tp|sina}}

| you

| {{tp|sinpin}}

| front

| {{tp|sitelen}}

| image,<br />write

| {{tp|soko}}

| fungus

| {{tp|sona}}

| know

| {{tp|soweli}}

| animal

| {{tp|suli}}

| big

| {{tp|suno}}

| sun,<br />light

| {{tp|supa}}

| platform

| {{tp|suwi}}

| sweet

| {{tp|tan}}

| from<ref name="prep" />

| {{tp|taso}}

| only

| {{tp|tawa}}

| go,<br />toward<ref name="prep" />

| {{tp|telo}}

| liquid

| {{tp|tenpo}}

| time

| {{tp|toki}}

| speech

| {{tp|tomo}}

| room

| {{tp|tonsi}}

| nonbinary

| {{tp|tu}}

| two

| {{tp|unpa}}

| sex

| {{tp|uta}}

| mouth

| {{tp|utala}}

| fight

| {{tp|walo}}

| pale

| {{tp|wan}}

| one

| {{tp|waso}}

| bird

| {{tp|wawa}}

| strong

| {{tp|weka}}

| away

| {{tp|wile}}

| need

| {{tp|yupekosi}}

| George Lucas

Some speakers gloss the [[particle]]s {{tp|[[li]]}} and {{tp|[[e]]}} with {{wp|guillemet}}s (&rsaquo; &raquo;) that resemble their {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyphs ({{sp|li}} {{sp|e}}). For example:

| {{tp|ilo}}||{{tp|li}}||{{tp|weka}}||{{tp|e}}||{{tp|telo}}

| tool||&rsaquo;||away||&raquo;||water

| A tool||colspan="2"|removes||colspan="2"|water.