Flashcards: official Toki Pona wordlist
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Indonesian | English |
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| a |  [interj] ah, ha, uh, oh, ooh, aw, well (emotion word) |
| akesi | [n] non-cute animal, reptile, amphibian |
| ala | [mod] no, not, none, un-; [n] nothing, negation, zero; [interj] no! |
| ale, ali | [n] everything, anything, life, the universe; [mod] all, every, complete, whole |
| anpa | [n] bottom, lower part, under, below, floor, beneath; [mod] low, lower, bottom, down |
| ante | [n] difference; [mod] different; [cont] otherwise, or else; [vt] change, alter, modify |
| anu | [conj] or |
| awen | [vi] stay, wait, remain; [vt] keep; [mod] remaining, stationary, permanent, sedentary |
| e | [sep] (introduces a direct object) |
| en | [conj] and (used to coordinate head nouns) |
| ijo | [n] thing, something, stuff, anything, object; [mod] of something; [vt] objectify |
| ike | [mod] bad, negative, wrong, evil, overly complex, (figuratively) unhealthy; [interj] oh dear! woe! alas!; [n] negativity, badness, evil; [vt] to make bad, to worsen, to have a negative effect upon; [vi] to be bad, to suck |
| ilo | [n] tool, device, machine, thing used for a specific purpose |
| insa | [n] inside, inner world, centre, stomach; [mod] inner, internal |
| jaki | [mod] dirty, gross, filthy; [n] dirt, pollution, garbage, filth; [vt] pollute, dirty; [interj] ew! yuck! |
| jan | [n] person, people, human, being, somebody, anybody; [mod] human, somebody's, personal, of people; [vt] personify, humanize, personalize |
| jelo | [mod] yellow, light green |
| jo | [vt] have, contain; [n] having; [kama] receive, get, take, obtain |
| kala | [n] fish, sea creature |
| kalama | [n] sound, noise, voice; [vi] make noise; [vt] sound, ring, play (an instrument) |
| kama | [vi] come, become, arrive, happen, pursue actions to arrive to (a certain state), manage to, start to; [n] event, happening, chance, arrival, beginning; [mod] coming, future; [vt] bring about, summon |
| kasi | [n] plant, leaf, herb, tree, wood |
| ken | [vi] can, is able to, is allowed to, may, is possible; [n] possibility, ability, power to do things, permission; [vt] make possible, enable, allow, permit; [cont] it is possible that |
| kepeken | [vt] use; [prep] with |
| kili | [n] fruit, pulpy vegetable, mushroom |
| kin | [mod] also, too, even, indeed (emphasizes the word(s) before it) |
| kiwen | [mod] hard, solid, stone-like, made of stone or metal; [n] hard thing, rock, stone, metal, mineral, clay |
| ko | [n] semi-solid or squishy substance, e.g. paste, powder, gum |
| kon | [n] air, wind, smell, soul; [mod] air-like, ethereal, gaseous |
| kule | [n] colour, paint; [mod] colourful; [vt] colour, paint |
| kute | [vt] listen, hear; [mod] auditory, hearing |
| kulupu | [n] group, community, society, company, people; [mod] communal, shared, public, of the society |
| la | [sep] (between adverb or phrase of context and sentence) |
| lape | [n, vi] sleep, rest; [mod] sleeping, of sleep |
| laso | [mod] blue, blue-green |
| lawa | [n] head, mind; [mod] main, leading, in charge; [vt] lead, control, rule, steer |
| len | [n] clothing, cloth, fabric |
| lete | [n] cold; [mod] cold, uncooked; [vt] cool down, chill |
| li | [sep] (between any subject except mi and sina and its verb, also used to introduce a new verb for the same subject) |
| lili | [mod] small, little, young, a bit, short, few, less; [vt] reduce, shorten, shrink, lessen |
| linja | [n] long, very thin, floppy thing, e.g. string, rope, hair, thread, cord, chain |
| lipu | [n] flat and bendable thing, e.g. paper, card, ticket |
| loje | [mod] red |
| lon | [prep] be (located) in/at/on; [vi] be there, be present, be real/true, exist, be awake |
| luka | [n] hand, arm |
| lukin | [vt] see, look at, watch, read; [vi] look, watch out, pay attention; [mod] visual(ly) |
| lupa | [n] hole, orifice, window, door |
| ma | [n] land, earth, country, (outdoor) area |
| mama | [n] parent, mother, father; [mod] of the parent, parental, maternal, fatherly |
| mani | [n] money, material wealth, currency, dollar, capital |
| meli | [n] woman, female, girl, wife, girlfriend; [mod] female, feminine, womanly |
| mi | [n] I, we; [mod] my, our |
| mije | [n] man, male, husband, boyfriend; [mod] male, masculine, manly |
| moku | [n] food, meal; [vt] eat, drink, swallow, ingest, consume |
| moli | [n] death; [vi] die, be dead; [vt] kill; [mod] dead, deadly, fatal |
| monsi | [n] back, rear end, butt, behind; [mod] back, rear |
| mu | [interj] woof! meow! moo! etc. (cute animal noise) |
| mun | [n] moon; [mod] lunar |
| musi | [n] fun, playing, game, recreation, art, entertainment; [mod] artful, fun, recreational; [vi] play, have fun; [vt] amuse, entertain |
| mute | [mod] many, very, much, several, a lot, abundant, numerous, more; [n] amount, quantity; [vt] make many or much |
| nanpa | [n] number; [oth] -th (ordinal numbers) |
| nasa | [mod] silly, crazy, foolish, drunk, strange, stupid, weird; [vt] drive crazy, make weird |
| nasin | [n] way, manner, custom, road, path, doctrine, system, method |
| nena | [n] bump, nose, hill, mountain, button |
| ni | [mod] this, that |
| nimi | [n] word, name |
| noka | [n] leg, foot |
| o | [sep] O (vocative or imperative); [interj] hey! (calling somebody's attention) |
| oko | [n] eye |
| olin | [n] love; [mod] love; [vt] to love (a person) |
| ona | [n] she, he, it, they; [mod] her, his, its, their |
| open | [vt] open, turn on |
| pakala | [n] blunder, accident, mistake, destruction, damage, breaking; [vt] screw up, *** up, botch, ruin, break, hurt, injure, damage, spoil, ruin; [vi] screw up, fall apart, break; [interj] damn! ***! |
| pali | [n] activity, work, deed, project; [mod] active, work-related, operating, working; [vt] do, make, build, create; [vi] act, work, function |
| palisa | [n] long, mostly hard object, e.g. rod, stick, branch |
| pana | [vt] give, put, send, place, release, emit, cause; [n] giving, transfer, exchange |
| pi | [sep] of, belonging to |
| pilin | [n] feelings, emotion, heart; [vi] feel; [vt] feel, think, sense, touch |
| pimeja | [mod] black, dark; [n] darkness, shadows; [vt] darken |
| pini | [n] end, tip; [mod] completed, finished, past, done, ago; [vt] finish, close, end, turn off |
| pipi | [n] bug, insect, spider |
| poka | [n] side, hip, next to; [prep] in the accompaniment of, with; [mod] neighbouring |
| poki | [n] container, box, bowl, cup, glass |
| pona | [n] good, simplicity, positivity; [mod] good, simple, positive, nice, correct, right; [interj] great! good! thanks! OK! cool! yay!; [vt] improve, fix, repair, make good |
| sama | [mod] same, similar, equal, of equal status or position; [prep] like, as, seem |
| seli | [n] fire, warmth, heat; [mod] hot, warm, cooked; [vt] heat, warm up, cook |
| selo | [n] outside, surface, skin, shell, bark, shape, peel |
| seme | [oth] what, which, wh- (question word) |
| sewi | [n] high, up, above, top, over, on; [mod] superior, elevated, religious, formal |
| sijelo | [n] body, physical state |
| sike | [n] circle, wheel, sphere, ball, cycle; [mod] round, cyclical |
| sin | [mod] new, fresh, another, more; [vt] renew, renovate, freshen |
| sina | [n] you; [mod] your |
| sinpin | [n] front, chest, torso, face, wall |
| sitelen | [n] picture, image; [vt] draw, write |
| sona | [n] knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, understanding; [vt] know, understand, know how to; [vi] know, understand; [kama] learn, study |
| soweli | [n] animal, especially land mammal, lovable animal |
| suli | [mod] big, tall, long, adult, important; [vt] enlarge, lengthen; [n] size |
| suno | [n] sun, light |
| supa | [n] horizontal surface, e.g furniture, table, chair, pillow, floor |
| suwi | [n] candy, sweet food; [mod] sweet, cute; [vt] sweeten |
| tan | [prep] from, by, because of, since; [n] origin, cause |
| taso | [mod] only, sole; [conj] but |
| tawa | [prep] to, in order to, towards, for, until; [vi] go to, walk, travel, move, leave; [n] movement, transportation; [mod] moving, mobile; [vt] move, displace |
| telo | [n] water, liquid, juice, sauce; [vt] water, wash with water |
| tenpo | [n] time, period of time, moment, duration, situation |
| toki | [n] language, talking, speech, communication; [mod] talking, verbal; [vt] say; [vi] talk, chat, communicate; [interj] hello! hi! |
| tomo | [n] indoor constructed space, e.g. house, home, room, building; [mod] urban, domestic, household |
| tu | [mod] two; [n] duo, pair; [vt] double, separate/cut/divide in two |
| unpa | [n] sex, sexuality; [mod] erotic, sexual; [vt] have sex with, sleep with, ****; [vi] have sex |
| uta | [n] mouth; [mod] oral |
| utala | [n] conflict, disharmony, competition, fight, war, battle, attack, blow, argument, physical or verbal violence; [vt] hit, strike, attack, compete against |
| walo | [mod] white, light (colour); [n] white thing or part, whiteness, lightness |
| wan | [mod] one, a; [n] unit, element, particle, part, piece; [vt] unite, make one |
| waso | [n] bird, winged animal |
| wawa | [n] energy, strength, power; [mod] energetic, strong, fierce, intense, sure, confident; [vt] strengthen, energize, empower |
| weka | [mod] away, absent, missing; [n] absence; [vt] throw away, remove, get rid of |
| wile | [vt] to want, need, wish, have to, must, will, should; [n] desire, need, will; [mod] necessary |