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==In other languages== |
==In other languages== |
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===Polish=== |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[a]]''}} (and, while) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[Ala]]''}} (feminine name) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[ale]]''}} (but) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[jaki]]''}} (what, which) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[Jan]]''}} (masculine name) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[lawa]]''}} (lava) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[len]]''}} (flax) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[luka]]''}} (gap) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[lupa]]''}} (magnifying glass) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[kin]]''}} (cinemas (genitive)) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[ku]]''}} (toward) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[ma]]''}} (has, mine) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[mama]]''}} (mother) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[mi]]''}} (to me) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[mu]]''}} (to him) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[ni]]''}} (neither) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[nimi]]''}} (using them) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[o]]''}} (about) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[oko]]''}} (eye) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[ona]]''}} (she) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[pali]]''}} (is smoking/burning) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[pan]]''}} (sir) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[pana]]''}} (sir's) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[sama]]''}} (alone (feminine)) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[tan]]''}} (dance (archaic)) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[toki]]''}} (goings-on) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[tu]]''}} (here) |
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*{{lang|pl|''[[wan]]''}} (van) |
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===Portuguese=== |
===Portuguese=== |
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Revision as of 14:57, 26 October 2023
These widespread Toki Pona words are homographs with English words. Some are cognates; most have unrelated meanings.
Common words
- 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
In other languages
Polish
- 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
- a (to)
- ala (flank; conjugation of alar "to give wings")
- ale (conjugation of alar "to give wings")
- ante (in front of)
- e (and)
- ale (conjugation of alar "to give wings")
- li (conjugation of ler "to read")
- loje (store)
- lupa (magnifying glass)
- mama (breast)
- mi (E musical note)
- mije (conjugation of mijar "to piss")
- mu (Greek letter)
- mute (conjugation of mutar "to mute")
- nena (rag doll)
- o (the)
- pana (conjugation of panar "to bread")
- pi (Greek letter)
- pipi (penis, childish)
- pu (interjection)
- selo (postage stamp)
- sina (destiny)
- tomo (conjugation of tomar "to take")
- uta (conjugation of utar "to winnow")
Spanish
- 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)