################ TOKI PONA ################ ================ PARTICLES ================ a a or kin kin (emphasis, emotion or confirmation) anu anu or e e (before the direct object) en en (between multiple subjects) la la (between the context phrase and the main sentence) li li (between any subject except mi alone or sina alone and its VERB; also to introduce a new VERB for the same subject) mu mu (animal noise or communication) nanpa nanpa -th (ordinal number) o o hey! O! (vocative or imperative) pi pi of seme seme what? which? taso taso but, however ================ PREPOSITIONS ================ kepeken kepeken to use, with, by means of lon lon located at, present at, real, true, existing sama sama as, like tan tan by, from, because of tawa tawa going to, toward; for; from the perspective of ================ NUMBERS ================ ale ale or ali 100 luka luka five tu tu two wan wan one ala ala zero ================ ADJECTIVES ================ ================ COLORS jelo jelo yellow, yellowish kule kule colourful, pigmented, painted laso laso blue, green loje loje red, reddish pimeja pimeja black, dark, unlit walo walo white, whitish; light-coloured, pale ================ OPPOSITES ante ante different, altered, changed, other sama sama same, similar; each other; sibling, peer, fellow ike ike bad, negative; non-essential, irrelevant pona pona good, positive, useful; friendly, peaceful; simple lili lili little, small, short; few; a bit; young suli suli big, heavy, large, long, tall; important; adult kama kama arriving, coming, future, summoned pini pini ago, completed, ended, finished, past jaki jaki disgusting, obscene, sickly, toxic, unclean, unsanitary suwi suwi sweet, fragrant; cute, innocent, adorable anpa anpa bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent wawa wawa strong, powerful; confident, sure; energetic, intense pakala pakala botched, broken, damaged, harmed, messed up sin sin new, fresh; additional, another, extra awen awen enduring, kept, protected, safe, waiting, staying tawa tawa moving ================ VARIOUS ala ala no, not, zero ale ale or ali all; abundant, countless, bountiful, every, plentiful ken ken possible lape lape sleeping, resting lete lete cold, cool; uncooked, raw moli moli dead, dying musi musi artistic, entertaining, frivolous, playful, recreational mute mute many, a lot, more, much, several, very nasa nasa unusual, strange; foolish, crazy; drunk, intoxicated ni ni that, this pilin pilin feeling (an emotion, a direct experience) pu pu interacting with the official Toki Pona book sewi sewi awe-inspiring, divine, sacred, supernatural sike sike of one year taso taso only wan wan unique, united weka weka absent, away, ignored ================ NOUNS ================ ================ ABSTRACT ijo ijo thing, phenomenon, object, matter mute mute quantity nanpa nanpa numbers tenpo tenpo time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation ================ PEOPLE jan jan human being, person, somebody kulupu kulupu community, company, group, nation, society, tribe mi mi I, me, we, us sina sina you ona ona he, she, it, they ================ BODY kute kute ear lawa lawa head, mind luka luka arm, hand, tactile organ lukin lukin or oko eye mama mama parent, ancestor; creator, originator; caretaker, sustainer meli meli woman, female, feminine person; wife mije mije man, male, masculine person; husband nena nena bump, button, hill, mountain, nose, protuberance noka noka foot, leg, organ of locomotion; bottom, lower part pilin pilin heart (physical or emotional) sijelo sijelo body (of person or animal), physical state, torso uta uta mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw ================ SHAPES kiwen kiwen hard object, metal, rock, stone linja linja long and flexible thing; cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn lipu lipu flat object; book, document, card, paper, record, website sike sike round or circular thing; ball, circle, cycle, sphere, wheel supa supa horizontal surface, thing to put or rest something on palisa palisa long hard thing; branch, rod, stick ================ POSITION insa insa centre, content, inside, between; internal organ, stomach monsi monsi back, behind, rear poka poka hip, side; next to, nearby, vicinity selo selo outer form, outer layer; bark, peel, shell, skin; boundary sewi sewi area above, highest part, something elevated sinpin sinpin face, foremost, front, wall ================ ELEMENTS seli seli fire; cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source ma ma earth, land; outdoors, world; country, territory; soil kon kon air, breath; essence, spirit; hidden reality, unseen agent telo telo water, liquid, fluid, wet substance; beverage ================ NATURE ale ale or ali abundance, everything, life, universe ko ko clay, clinging form, dough, semi-solid, paste, powder mun mun moon, night sky object, star suno suno sun; light, brightness, glow, radiance, shine; light source ================ BIOLOGY akesi akesi non-cute animal; reptile, amphibian kala kala fish, marine animal, sea creature kasi kasi plant, vegetation; herb, leaf kili kili fruit, vegetable, mushroom pan pan cereal, grain; barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat; bread, pasta pipi pipi bug, insect, ant, spider soweli soweli animal, beast, land mammal waso waso bird, flying creature, winged animal ================ MAN-MADE esun esun market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transaction ilo ilo tool, implement, machine, device len len cloth, clothing, fabric, textile; cover, layer of privacy lupa lupa door, hole, orifice, window mani mani money, cash, savings, wealth; large domesticated animal nasin nasin way, custom, doctrine, method, path, road nimi nimi name, word poki poki container, bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel sitelen sitelen image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing sona sona knowledge tomo tomo indoor space; building, home, house, room ================ PRE-VERBS ================ awen awen to continue to kama kama to become, manage to, succeed in ken ken to be able to, be allowed to, can, may lukin lukin or oko to seek, look for, try to sona sona to know how to wile wile must, need, require, should, want, wish ================ VERBS ================ ================ STATE jo jo to have, carry, contain, hold ================ ACTIONS alasa alasa to hunt, forage lawa lawa to control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, regulate, rule moku moku to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest open open to begin, start; open; turn on pali pali to do, take action on, work on; build, make, prepare pana pana to give, send, emit, provide, put, release utala utala to battle, challenge, compete against, struggle against ================ SENSES kalama kalama to produce a sound; recite, utter aloud kute kute to hear, listen; pay attention to, obey lukin lukin or oko to look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch olin olin to love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to sona sona to know, be skilled in, be wise about, have information on toki toki to communicate, say, speak, say, talk, use language, think unpa unpa to have sexual or marital relations with