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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)
soko (ape)
sona (self-insert)
tan (brown)
tu (to)
wan (pale)
wile (trick)

Names[edit | edit source]

In other languages[edit | edit source]

Polish[edit | edit source]

a (and, while)
Ala (feminine name)
ale (but)
jaki (what, which)
Jan (masculine name)
lawa (lava)
len (flax)
luka (gap)
lupa (magnifying glass)
kin (cinemas, genitive)
ku (toward)
ma (has, mine)
mama (mother)
mi (to me)
mu (to him)
ni (neither)
nimi (using them)
o (about)
oko (eye)
ona (she)
pali (is smoking/burning)
pan (sir)
pana (sir's)
sama (alone, feminine)
tan (dance, archaic)
toki (goings-on)
tu (here)
wan (van)

Portuguese[edit | edit source]

a (to)
ala (flank)
ale (give wings!)
ante (in front of)
e (and)
li (I read)
loje (store)
lupa (magnifying glass)
mama (breast)
mi (music note)
mije (piss!)
mu (Greek letter)
mute (mutate!)
nena (rag doll)
o (the)
pana (to bread)
pi (Greek letter)
pipi (pee-pee)
pu (interjection)
selo (postage stamp)
sina (destiny)
tomo (I take)
uta (they winnow)

Spanish[edit | edit source]

a (to)
ala (wing)
ante (before)
e (and)
en (in)
la (the)
laso (weary)
lupa (magnifying glass)
meso (I tear out)
mi (my)
mute (mutate!)
nasa (weir)
nena (girl)
ni (nor)
o (or)
pan (bread)
pana (velour)
pi (Greek letter)
sama (sea bream)
sin (without)
tan (so)
taso (I valuate)
tomo (tome)
tu (your)
uta (leishmaniasis)

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 ==Common words==
 <div style="column-count:3;">
-*[[a]] (''article'')
+*[[a|{{lang|en|a}}]] (''article'')
-*[[ala]] (à la)
+*[[ala|{{lang|en|ala}}]] (à la)
-*[[ale]] (beer)
+*[[ale|{{lang|en|ale}}]] (beer)
-*[[ante]] (stake)
+*[[ante|{{lang|en|ante}}]] (stake)
-*[[e]] (''pronoun'')
+*[[e|{{lang|en|e}}]] (''pronoun'')
-*[[en]] (''unit'')
+*[[en|{{lang|en|en}}]] (''unit'')
-*[[jan]] (jinn)
+*[[jan|{{lang|en|jan}}]] (jinn)
-*[[kin]] (family)
+*[[kin|{{lang|en|kin}}]] (family)
-*[[la]] (''music note'')
+*[[la|{{lang|en|la}}]] (''music note'')
-*[[li]] (''unit'')
+*[[li|{{lang|en|li}}]] (''unit'')
-*[[ma]] (mother)
+*[[ma|{{lang|en|ma}}]] (mother)
-*[[mama]] (mother)
+*[[mama|{{lang|en|mama}}]] (mother)
-*[[mi]] (''unit'')
+*[[mi|{{lang|en|mi}}]] (''unit'')
-*[[mu]] (''Greek letter'')
+*[[mu|{{lang|en|mu}}]] (''Greek letter'')
-*[[mute]] (silent)
+*[[mute|{{lang|en|mute}}]] (silent)
-*[[o]] (oh)
+*[[o|{{lang|en|o}}]] (oh)
-*[[open]] (ajar)
+*[[open|{{lang|en|open}}]] (ajar)
-*[[pan]] (container)
+*[[pan|{{lang|en|pan}}]] (container)
-*[[pi]] (''Greek letter'')
+*[[pi|{{lang|en|pi}}]] (''Greek letter'')
-*[[sike]] (psych!)
+*[[sike|{{lang|en|sike}}]] (psych!)
-*[[sin]] (wrongdoing)
+*[[sin|{{lang|en|sin}}]] (wrongdoing)
+*[[soko|{{lang|en|soko}}]] (ape)
-*[[sona]] (self-insert)
+*[[sona|{{lang|en|sona}}]] (self-insert)
-*[[tan]] (brown)
-*[[tu]] (to)
+*[[tan|{{lang|en|tan}}]] (brown)
-*[[wan]] (pale)
+*[[tu|{{lang|en|tu}}]] (to)
-*[[wile]] (trick)
+*[[wan|{{lang|en|wan}}]] (pale)
+*[[wile|{{lang|en|wile}}]] (trick)
 </div>
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 *[[luka|Luka]]
 *[[nasa|NASA]]
+</div>
+==In other languages==
+===Polish===
+<div style="column-count:3;">
+*[[a|{{lang|pl|''a''}}]] (and, while)
+*[[ala|{{lang|pl|''Ala''}}]] (''feminine name'')
+*[[ale|{{lang|pl|''ale''}}]] (but)
+*[[jaki|{{lang|pl|''jaki''}}]] (what, which)
+*[[jan|{{lang|pl|''Jan''}}]] (''masculine name'')
+*[[lawa|{{lang|pl|''lawa''}}]] (lava)
+*[[len|{{lang|pl|''len''}}]] (flax)
+*[[luka|{{lang|pl|''luka''}}]] (gap)
+*[[lupa|{{lang|pl|''lupa''}}]] (magnifying glass)
+*[[kin|{{lang|pl|''kin''}}]] (cinemas, ''genitive'')
+*[[ku|{{lang|pl|''ku''}}]] (toward)
+*[[ma|{{lang|pl|''ma''}}]] (has, mine)
+*[[mama|{{lang|pl|''mama''}}]] (mother)
+*[[mi|{{lang|pl|''mi''}}]] (to me)
+*[[mu|{{lang|pl|''mu''}}]] (to him)
+*[[ni|{{lang|pl|''ni''}}]] (neither)
+*[[nimi|{{lang|pl|''nimi''}}]] (using them)
+*[[o|{{lang|pl|''o''}}]] (about)
+*[[oko|{{lang|pl|''oko''}}]] (eye)
+*[[ona|{{lang|pl|''ona''}}]] (she)
+*[[pali|{{lang|pl|''pali''}}]] (is smoking/burning)
+*[[pan|{{lang|pl|''pan''}}]] (sir)
+*[[pana|{{lang|pl|''pana''}}]] (sir's)
+*[[sama|{{lang|pl|''sama''}}]] (alone, ''feminine'')
+*[[tan|{{lang|pl|''tan''}}]] (dance, ''archaic'')
+*[[toki|{{lang|pl|''toki''}}]] (goings-on)
+*[[tu|{{lang|pl|''tu''}}]] (here)
+*[[wan|{{lang|pl|''wan''}}]] (van)
+</div>
+===Portuguese===
+<div style="column-count:3;">
+*[[a|{{lang|pt|''a''}}]] (to)
+*[[ala|{{lang|pt|''ala''}}]] (flank)
+*[[ale|{{lang|pt|''ale''}}]] (give wings!)
+*[[ante|{{lang|pt|''ante''}}]] (in front of)
+*[[e|{{lang|pt|''e''}}]] (and)
+<!--*[[ijo|{{lang|pt|''ijo''}}]] (Ijaw people) ijó-->
+<!--*[[jo|{{lang|pt|''jo''}}]] (pacient person) jó-->
+*[[li|{{lang|pt|''li''}}]] (I read)
+*[[loje|{{lang|pt|''loje''}}]] (store)
+*[[lupa|{{lang|pt|''lupa''}}]] (magnifying glass)
+<!--*[[ma|{{lang|pt|''ma''}}]] (evil) má-->
+*[[mama|{{lang|pt|''mama''}}]] (breast)
+*[[mi|{{lang|pt|''mi''}}]] (''music note'')
+*[[mije|{{lang|pt|''mije''}}]] (piss!)
+*[[mu|{{lang|pt|''mu''}}]] (''Greek letter'')
+*[[mute|{{lang|pt|''mute''}}]] (mutate!)
+*[[nena|{{lang|pt|''nena''}}]] (rag doll)
+*[[o|{{lang|pt|''o''}}]] (the)
+*[[pana|{{lang|pt|''pana''}}]] (to bread)
+*[[pi|{{lang|pt|''pi''}}]] (''Greek letter'')
+*[[pipi|{{lang|pt|''pipi''}}]] (pee-pee)
+*[[pu|{{lang|pt|''pu''}}]] (''interjection'')
+*[[selo|{{lang|pt|''selo''}}]] (postage stamp)
+*[[sina|{{lang|pt|''sina''}}]] (destiny)
+*[[tomo|{{lang|pt|''tomo''}}]] (I take)
+<!--*[[tu|{{lang|pt|''tu''}}]] (you) tú-->
+*[[uta|{{lang|pt|''uta''}}]] (they winnow)
+</div>
+===Spanish===
+<div style="column-count:3;">
+*[[a|{{lang|es|''a''}}]] (to)
+*[[ala|{{lang|es|''ala''}}]] (wing)
+*[[ante|{{lang|es|''ante''}}]] (before)
+*[[e|{{lang|es|''e''}}]] (and)
+*[[en|{{lang|es|''en''}}]] (in)
+*[[la|{{lang|es|''la''}}]] (the)
+*[[laso|{{lang|es|''laso''}}]] (weary)
+*[[lupa|{{lang|es|''lupa''}}]] (magnifying glass)
+*[[meso|{{lang|es|''meso''}}]] (I tear out)
+*[[mi|{{lang|es|''mi''}}]] (my)
+*[[mute|{{lang|es|''mute''}}]] (mutate!)
+*[[nasa|{{lang|es|''nasa''}}]] (weir)
+*[[nena|{{lang|es|''nena''}}]] (girl)
+*[[ni|{{lang|es|''ni''}}]] (nor)
+*[[o|{{lang|es|''o''}}]] (or)
+*[[pan|{{lang|es|''pan''}}]] (bread)
+*[[pana|{{lang|es|''pana''}}]] (velour)
+*[[pi|{{lang|es|''pi''}}]] (''Greek letter'')
+*[[sama|{{lang|es|''sama''}}]] (sea bream)
+*[[sin|{{lang|es|''sin''}}]] (without)
+*[[tan|{{lang|es|''tan''}}]] (so)
+*[[taso|{{lang|es|''taso''}}]] (I valuate)
+*[[tomo|{{lang|es|''tomo''}}]] (tome)
+*[[tu|{{lang|es|''tu''}}]] (your)
+*[[uta|{{lang|es|''uta''}}]] (leishmaniasis)
 </div>
 ==See also==
-*[[Phonotactics matches in English]]
+*[[Phonotactic matches]]