Homographs
These widespread Toki Pona words are homographs with English words. Some are cognates; most have unrelated meanings.
Common words[edit | edit source]
- a (article)
- ala (à la)
- ale (beer)
- ante (stake)
- e (pronoun)
- en (unit)
- jan (jinn)
- kin (family)
- la (music note)
- li (unit)
- ma (mother)
- mama (mother)
- mi (unit)
- mu (Greek letter)
- mute (silent)
- o (oh)
- open (ajar)
- pan (container)
- pi (Greek letter)
- sike (psych!)
- sin (wrongdoing)
- sona (self-insert)
- tan (brown)
- tu (to)
- wan (pale)
- wile (trick)