Toki Pona Dictionary (pu)

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The "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" is the main dictionary section of Toki Pona: The Language of Good, by Sonja Lang. Some words have undergone semantic drift since its publication, and the parts of speech have been contested. It has largely been supplanted by the book Toki Pona Dictionary, and by community-made resources like ijo Linku.

Official Toki Pona Dictionary

a or kin

PARTICLE  (emphasis, emotion or confirmation)

akesi

NOUN  non-cute animal; reptile, amphibian

ala

ADJECTIVE  no, not, zero

alasa

VERB  to hunt, forage

ale or ali

ADJECTIVE  all; abundant, countless, bountiful, every, plentiful

NOUN  abundance, everything, life, universe

NUMBER  100

anpa

ADJECTIVE  bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent

ante

ADJECTIVE  different, altered, changed, other

anu

PARTICLE  or

awen

ADJECTIVE  enduring, kept, protected, safe, waiting, staying

PRE-VERB  to continue to

e

PARTICLE  (before the direct object)

en

PARTICLE  (between multiple subjects)

esun

NOUN  market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transaction

ijo

NOUN  thing, phenomenon, object, matter

ike

ADJECTIVE  bad, negative; non-essential, irrelevant

ilo

NOUN  tool, implement, machine, device

insa

NOUN  centre, content, inside, between; internal organ, stomach

jaki

ADJECTIVE  disgusting, obscene, sickly, toxic, unclean, unsanitary

jan

NOUN  human being, person, somebody

jelo

ADJECTIVE  yellow, yellowish

jo

VERB  to have, carry, contain, hold

kala

NOUN  fish, marine animal, sea creature

kalama

VERB  to produce a sound; recite, utter aloud

kama

ADJECTIVE  arriving, coming, future, summoned

PRE-VERB  to become, manage to, succeed in

kasi

NOUN  plant, vegetation; herb, leaf

ken

PRE-VERB  to be able to, be allowed to, can, may

ADJECTIVE  possible

kepeken

PREPOSITION  to use, with, by means of

kili

NOUN  fruit, vegetable, mushroom

kiwen

NOUN  hard object, metal, rock, stone

ko

NOUN  clay, clinging form, dough, semi-solid, paste, powder

kon

NOUN  air, breath; essence, spirit; hidden reality, unseen agent

kule

ADJECTIVE  colourful, pigmented, painted

kulupu

NOUN  community, company, group, nation, society, tribe

kute

NOUN  ear

VERB  to hear, listen; pay attention to, obey

la

PARTICLE  (between the context phrase and the main sentence)

lape

ADJECTIVE  sleeping, resting

laso

ADJECTIVE  blue, green

lawa

NOUN  head, mind

VERB  to control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, regulate, rule

len

NOUN  cloth, clothing, fabric, textile; cover, layer of privacy

lete

ADJECTIVE  cold, cool; uncooked, raw

li

PARTICLE  (between any subject except mi alone or sina alone and its verb; also to introduce a new verb for the same subject)

lili

ADJECTIVE  little, small, short; few; a bit; young

linja

NOUN  long and flexible thing; cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn

lipu

NOUN  flat object; book, document, card, paper, record, website

loje

ADJECTIVE  red, reddish

lon

PREPOSITION  located at, present at, real, true, existing

luka

NOUN  arm, hand, tactile organ

NUMBER  five

lukin or oko

NOUN  eye

VERB  to look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch

PRE-VERB  to seek, look for, try to

lupa

NOUN  door, hole, orifice, window

ma

NOUN  earth, land; outdoors, world; country, territory; soil

mama

NOUN  parent, ancestor; creator, originator; caretaker, sustainer

mani

NOUN  money, cash, savings, wealth; large domesticated animal

meli

NOUN  woman, female, feminine person; wife

mi

NOUN  I, me, we, us

mije

NOUN  man, male, masculine person; husband

moku

VERB  to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest

moli

ADJECTIVE  dead, dying

monsi

NOUN  back, behind, rear

mu

PARTICLE  (animal noise or communication)

mun

NOUN  moon, night sky object, star

musi

ADJECTIVE  artistic, entertaining, frivolous, playful, recreational

mute

ADJECTIVE  many, a lot, more, much, several, very

NOUN  quantity

nanpa

PARTICLE  -th (ordinal number)

NOUN  numbers

nasa

ADJECTIVE  unusual, strange; foolish, crazy; drunk, intoxicated

nasin

NOUN  way, custom, doctrine, method, path, road

nena

NOUN  bump, button, hill, mountain, nose, protuberance

ni

ADJECTIVE  that, this

nimi

NOUN  name, word

noka

NOUN  foot, leg, organ of locomotion; bottom, lower part

o

PARTICLE  hey! O! (vocative or imperative)

olin

VERB  to love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to

ona

NOUN  he, she, it, they

open

VERB  to begin, start; open; turn on

pakala

ADJECTIVE  botched, broken, damaged, harmed, messed up

pali

VERB  to do, take action on, work on; build, make, prepare

palisa

NOUN  long hard thing; branch, rod, stick

pan

NOUN  cereal, grain; barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat; bread, pasta

pana

VERB  to give, send, emit, provide, put, release

pi

PARTICLE  of

pilin

NOUN  heart (physical or emotional)

ADJECTIVE  feeling (an emotion, a direct experience)

pimeja

ADJECTIVE  black, dark, unlit

pini

ADJECTIVE  ago, completed, ended, finished, past

pipi

NOUN  bug, insect, ant, spider

poka

NOUN  hip, side; next to, nearby, vicinity

poki

NOUN  container, bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel

pona

ADJECTIVE  good, positive, useful; friendly, peaceful; simple

pu

ADJECTIVE  interacting with the official Toki Pona book

sama

ADJECTIVE  same, similar; each other; sibling, peer, fellow

PREPOSITION  as, like

seli

ADJECTIVE  fire; cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source

selo

NOUN  outer form, outer layer; bark, peel, shell, skin; boundary

seme

PARTICLE  what? which?

sewi

NOUN  area above, highest part, something elevated

ADJECTIVE  awe-inspiring, divine, sacred, supernatural

sijelo

NOUN  body (of person or animal), physical state, torso

sike

NOUN  round or circular thing; ball, circle, cycle, sphere, wheel

ADJECTIVE  of one year

sin or namako

ADJECTIVE  new, fresh; additional, another, extra

sina

NOUN  you

sinpin

NOUN  face, foremost, front, wall

sitelen

NOUN  image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing

sona

VERB  to know, be skilled in, be wise about, have information on

PRE-VERB  to know how to

soweli

NOUN  animal, beast, land mammal

suli

ADJECTIVE  big, heavy, large, long, tall; important; adult

suno

NOUN  sun; light, brightness, glow, radiance, shine; light source

supa

NOUN  horizontal surface, thing to put or rest something on

suwi

ADJECTIVE  sweet, fragrant; cute, innocent, adorable

tan

PREPOSITION  by, from, because of

taso

PARTICLE  but, however

ADJECTIVE  only

tawa

PREPOSITION  going to, toward; for; from the perspective of

ADJECTIVE  moving

telo

NOUN  water, liquid, fluid, wet substance; beverage

tenpo

NOUN  time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation

toki

VERB  to communicate, say, speak, say, talk, use language, think

tomo

NOUN  indoor space; building, home, house, room

tu

NUMBER  two

unpa

VERB  to have sexual or marital relations with

uta

NOUN  mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw

utala

VERB  to battle, challenge, compete against, struggle against

walo

ADJECTIVE  white, whitish; light-coloured, pale

wan

ADJECTIVE  unique, united

NUMBER  one

waso

NOUN  bird, flying creature, winged animal

wawa

ADJECTIVE  strong, powerful; confident, sure; energetic, intense

weka

ADJECTIVE  absent, away, ignored

wile

PRE-VERB  must, need, require, should, want, wish