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Revision as of 02:28, 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
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)