Toki Pona - official word list 2020-02-11 https://jan-lope.github.io . separator: A declarative sentence ends with a full stop. Don't use a full stop before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. ! separator: An imperative or an interjection sentence (exclamatory) ends with an exclamation mark. Don't use an exclamation mark before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. ? separator: An question (interrogative sentence) always ends with a question mark. Don't use a question mark before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'o', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. : separator: A colon is between an hint sentences and a sentences. Before and after the colon has to be complete sentences. Don't use a colon before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. , separator: A comma is used after an 'o' to addressing people. Optional you can put a comma before a preposition. Don't use a comma before or after the separators 'e', 'la', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. '' separator: Quotation marks are used for words with original spelling or for quotes. ' unofficial: An apostrophe can identify a predicate that does not contain a verb. # unofficial: Number sign a interjection: ah, ha, uh, oh, ooh, aw, well (emotion word) a a a! interjection: laugh akesi adjective: amphibian-, reptilian-, slimy akesi noun: reptile, amphibian; non-cute animal ala adjective: no, not, none, un- ala adjective numeral: null, 0 ala adverb: don't ala! interjection: no! ala noun: nothing, negation, zero alasa adjective: hunting-, -hunting, hunting alasa noun: hunting alasa (e ) verb transitive: to hunt, to forage ale adjective: all, every, complete, whole (ale = ali), (depreciated) ale adjective numeral: 100 (official Toki Pona book) ale adverb: always, forever, evermore, eternally (ale = ali), (depreciated) ale noun: everything, anything, life, the universe, (depreciated) ali adjective: all, every, complete, whole (ale = ali) ali adverb: always, forever, evermore, eternally (ale = ali) ali noun: everything, anything, life, the universe anpa adjective: low, lower, bottom, down anpa adverb: downstairs, below, deep, low, deeply anpa noun: bottom, lower part, under, below, floor, beneath anpa verb intransitive: to prostrate oneself anpa (e ) verb transitive: to defeat, to beat, to vanquish, to conquer, to enslave ante adjective: different, dissimilar, changed, other, unequal, differential ante noun: difference, distinction, differential, variation, variance, disagreement ante la noun: if difference, if variance, if disagreement ante (e ) verb transitive: to change, to alter, to modify anu conjunction: or (used for decision questions) awen adjective: remaining, stationary, permanent, sedentary awen adverb: still, yet awen noun: inertia, continuity, continuum, stay awen verb intransitive: to stay, to wait,to remain awen (e ) verb transitive: to keep e separator: An 'e' introduces a direct object. Don't use 'e' before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', 'o', '.', '!', '?', ':', ','. en conjunction: and (used to coordinate head nouns) esun adjective: commercial, trade, marketable, for sale, salable, deductible esun noun: market, shop, fair, bazaar, business, transaction esun (e ) verb transitive: to buy, to sell, to barter, to swap ijo adjective: of something ijo adverb: of something ijo noun: thing, something, stuff, anything, object ijo (e ) verb transitive: to objectify ike adjective: bad, negative, wrong, evil, overly complex ike adverb: bad, negative, wrong, evil, overly complex ike! interjection: oh dear! woe! alas! ike noun: negativity, badness, evil ike la noun: if negativity, if badness, if evil ike verb intransitive: to be bad, to suck ike (e ) verb transitive: to make bad, to worsen ilo adjective: useful ilo adverb: usefully ilo noun: tool, device, machine, thing used for a specific purpose insa adjective: inner, internal insa noun: inside, inner world, centre, stomach jaki adjective: dirty, gross, filthy, obscene jaki adverb: dirty, gross, filthy jaki! interjection: ew! yuck! jaki noun: dirt, pollution, garbage, filth, feces jaki (e ) verb transitive: to pollute, to dirty jan adjective: human, somebody's, personal, of people jan adverb: human, somebody's, personal, of people jan noun: person, people, human, being, somebody, anybody jan (e ) verb transitive: to personify, to humanize, to personalize jelo adjective: yellowish, yellowy jelo noun: yellow, light green jo adjective: private, personal jo noun: having, possessions, content jo (e ) verb transitive: to have, to contain jo (e ) verb transitive: to get kala adjective: fish- kala noun: fish, marine animal, sea creature kalama adjective: noisy, loud, rowdy kalama noun: sound, noise, voice kalama verb intransitive: to make noise kalama (e ) verb transitive: to sound, to ring, to play (an instrument) kama adjective: coming, future kama adverb: coming, future kama noun: event, happening, chance, arrival, beginning kama verb intransitive: to come, to become, to arrive, to happen kama auxiliary verb: to become, to mange to kama (e ) verb transitive: to bring about, to summon kasi adjective: vegetable, vegetal, biological, biologic, leafy kasi noun: plant, vegetation, herb, leaf kasi verb intransitive: to grow kasi (e ) verb transitive: to plant, to grow ken noun: possibility, ability, power to do things, permission ken la noun: if possibility, if ability, if permission ken verb intransitive: can, is able to, is allowed to, may, is possible ken auxiliary verb: to can, may ken (e ) verb transitive: to make possible, to enable, to allow, to permit kepeken noun: use, usage, tool kepeken preposition: with, using kepeken verb intransitive: to use kili adjective: fruity kili adverb: fruity kili noun: fruit, pulpy vegetable, mushroom kin adjective: indeed, still, too kin can be the very last word in an adjective group. kin adverb: actually, indeed, in fact, really, objectively, kin can be the very last word in an adverb group. kin! interjection: really! kin noun: reality, fact kin la noun: if reality, if fact kipisi noun: (unofficial): section, fragment, slice kipisi (e ) verb transitive: (unofficial): to cut kiwen adjective: hard, solid, stone-like, made of stone or metal kiwen adverb: hard, solid, stone-like, made of stone or metal kiwen noun: hard thing, rock, stone, metal, mineral, clay kiwen (e ) verb transitive: to solidify, to harden, to petrify, to fossilize ko noun: semi-solid or squishy substance; clay, dough, glue, paste, powder, gum ko (e ) verb transitive: to squash, to pulverize kon adjective: air-like, ethereal, gaseous kon adverb: air-like, ethereal, gaseous kon noun: air, wind, smell, soul kon verb intransitive:: to breathe kon (e ) verb transitive: to blow away something, to puff away something kule adjective: colourful, pigmented, painted kule noun: color, colour, paint, ink, dye, hue kule (e ) verb transitive: to paint, to color kulupu adjective: communal, shared, public, of the society kulupu noun: group, community, society, company, people kulupu (e ) verb transitive: to assemble, to call together, to convene kute adjective: auditory, hearing kute noun: hearing, ear kute (e ) verb transitive: to hear, to listen, la separator: A 'la' is between a conditional phrases and the main sentence. A context phrase can be sentence, half sentence or noun. Don't use 'la' before or after the other separators 'e', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':', ','. lape adjective: sleeping, of sleep, dormant lape adverb: asleep lape noun: sleep, rest lape verb intransitive: to sleep, to rest lape (e ) verb transitive: to knock out laso adjective: bluish, bluey laso noun: blue, blue-green lawa adjective: main, leading, in charge lawa adverb: main, leading, in charge lawa noun: head, mind lawa (e ) verb transitive: to lead, to control, to rule, to steer len adjective: dressed, clothed, costumed, dressed up len noun: clothing, cloth, fabric, network, internet len (e ) verb transitive: to wear, to be dressed, to dress lete adjective: cold, cool, uncooked, raw, perishing lete adverb: bleakly lete noun: cold, chill, bleakness lete (e ) verb transitive: to cool down, to chill li separator: It separates the subject phrase, except 'mi' and 'sina', from the predicate phrase. Don't use 'li' before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'o', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':', ','. lili adjective: small, little, young, a bit, short, few, less lili adverb: small, little, young, a bit, short, few, less lili noun: smallness, youth, immaturity lili (e ) verb transitive: to reduce, to shorten, to shrink, to lessen linja adjective: elongated, oblong, long linja noun: long and flexible thing; string, rope, hair, thread, cord, chain, line, yarn lipu adjective: book-, paper-, card-, ticket-, sheet-, page,- lipu noun: paper, book, card, ticket, sheet, (web-)page, list ; flat and bendable thing loje adjective: reddish, ruddy, pink, pinkish, gingery loje noun: red lon adjective: true, existing, correct, real, genuine lon noun: existence, being, presence lon preposition: be (located) in/at/on lon verb intransitive: to be there, to be present, to be real/true, to exist lon (e ) verb transitive: to give birth, to create luka adjective: tangible, palpable luka adjective numeral: five, 5 luka noun: arm, hand, tacticle organ lukin adjective: visual(ly) lukin adverb: visual(ly) lukin noun: view, look, glance, sight, gaze, glimpse, seeing, vision lukin verb intransitive: to look, to watch out, to pay attention lukin (e ) verb transitive: to see, to look at, to watch, to read lukin auxiliary verb: to seek to, try to, look for lupa adjective: hole-, holey, full of holes lupa noun: hole, orifice, door, window lupa (e ) verb transitive: to pierce, to stab, to perforate ma adjective: countrified, outdoor, alfresco, open-air ma noun: land, earth, country, (outdoor) area mama adjective: of the parent, parental, maternal, fatherly, motherly, mumsy mama noun: parent, mother, father mama (e ) verb transitive: to mother sb., to wet-nurse, mothering mani adjective: financial, financially, monetary, pecuniary mani adverb: financially mani noun: money, material wealth, currency, dollar, capital meli adjective: female, feminine, womanly meli noun: woman, female, girl, wife, girlfriend mi personal pronoun: I, we mi possessive pronoun: my, our e mi reflexive pronoun: myself, ourselves mije adjective: male, masculine, manly mije noun: man, male, husband, boyfriend moku adjective: eating moku adverb: eating moku noun: food, meal moku (e ) verb transitive: to eat, to drink, to swallow, to ingest, to consume moli adjective: dead, dying, fatal, deadly, lethal, mortal, deathly, killing moli adverb: mortally moli noun: death, decease moli verb intransitive: to die, to be dead moli (e ) verb transitive: to kill moli intransitives verb: dieing monsi adjective: back, rear monsi noun: back, rear end, butt, behind monsuta adjective: (unofficial): fearful, afraid monsuta noun: (unofficial): monster, monstrosity, fearful thing, fright, mythical creatures, fear mu adjective: animal nois- mu adverb: animal nois- mu! interjection: woof! meow! moo! etc. (cute animal noise) mu noun: animal noise mu verb intransitive: to communicate animally mu (e ) verb transitive: to make animal noise mun adjective: lunar mun noun: moon, lunar, night sky object, star musi adjective: artful, fun, recreational musi adverb: cheerfully musi noun: fun, playing, game, recreation, art, entertainment musi verb intransitive: to play, to have fun musi (e ) verb transitive: to amuse, to entertain mute adjective: many, very, much, several, a lot, abundant, numerous, more mute adjective numeral: 20 (official Toki Pona book) mute adverb: many, very, much, several, a lot, abundant, numerous, more mute noun: amount, quantity mute (e ) verb transitive: to make many or much namako adjective: spicy, piquant namako noun: spice, something extra, food additive, accessory namako (e ) verb transitive: to spice, to flavor, to decorate nanpa adjective numeral: To build ordinal numbers. nanpa noun: number, numeral nanpa (e ) verb transitive: to count, to reckon, to number nasa adjective: silly, crazy, foolish, drunk, strange, stupid, weird nasa adverb: silly, crazy, foolish, drunk, strange, stupid, weird nasa noun: stupidity, foolishness, silliness, nonsense, idiocy, obtuseness, muddler nasa (e ) verb transitive: to drive crazy, to make weird nasin adjective: systematic, habitual, customary, doctrinal nasin noun: way, manner, custom, road, path, doctrine, system, method nena adjective: hilly, undulating, mountainous, hunchbacked, humpbacked, bumpy nena noun: bump, hill, extrusion, button, mountain, nose, protuberance ni adjective demonstrative pronoun: this, that ni noun demonstrative pronoun: this, that nimi noun: word, name nimi (e ) verb transitive: to name noka adjective: foot-, lower, bottom noka adverb: on foot noka noun: leg, foot; organ of locomotion; bottom, lower part o! interjection: hey! (calling somebody's attention) o, interjection: adressing people o ! subject: An 'o' is used for imperative (commands). 'o' replace the subject. o ! separator: An 'o' is used for imperative (commands): 'o' replace 'li'. oko adjective: optical, eye- oko noun: eye olin adjective: love olin noun: love olin (e ) verb transitive: to love (a person) ona personal pronoun: she, he, it, they ona possessive pronoun: her, his, its e ona reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, itself, themselves open adjective: initial, starting, opening open noun: start, beginning, opening open la noun: at the opening, in the beginning open (e ) verb transitive: to open, to start, to begin, to turn on open auxiliary verb: to begin, to start pakala adjective: destroyed, ruined, demolished, shattered, wrecked pakala adverb: destroyed, ruined, demolished, shattered, wrecked pakala! interjection: damn! fuck! pakala noun: blunder, accident, mistake, destruction, damage, breaking pakala verb intransitive: to screw up, to fall apart, to break pakala (e ) verb transitive: to screw up, to ruin, to break, to hurt, to injure, to damage pali adjective: active, work-related, operating, working pali adverb: actively, briskly pali noun: activity, work, deed, project pali verb intransitive: to act, to work, to function pali (e ) verb transitive: to do, to make, to build, to create palisa adjective: long palisa noun: long hard thing; branch, rod, stick, pointy thing palisa (e ) verb transitive: to stretch, to beat, to poke, to stab, to sexually arouse pan noun: cereal, grain; barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat; bread, pasta pan (e ) verb transitive: to sow pana adjective: generous pana noun: giving, transfer, exchange pana (e ) verb transitive: to give, to put, to send, to place, to release, to emit, to cause pi separator: 'pi' is used to build complex compound nouns. 'pi' separates a (pro)noun from another (pro)noun that has at least one adjective. After 'pi' could only be a noun or pronoun. Don't use 'pi' before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'o', '.', '!', '?', ':'. pilin adjective: sensitive, feeling, empathic pilin adverb: perceptively pilin noun: feelings, emotion, feel, think, sense, touch, pilin verb intransitive: to feel, to sense pilin (e ) verb transitive: to feel, to think, to touch, to fumble, to fiddle pimeja adjective: black, dark pimeja noun: darkness, shadows pimeja (e ) verb transitive: to darken pini adjective: completed, finished, past, done pini adverb: ago, past, perfectly pini noun: end, tip pini (e ) verb transitive: to end, to stop, to turn off, to finish, to close pini auxiliary verb: to stop, to finish, to end, to interrupt pipi noun: bug, insect, spider poka adjective: neighbouring poka noun: side, hip, next to poki noun: container, box, bowl, cup, glass poki (e ) verb transitive: to box up, to put in, to can, to bottle pona adjective: good, simple, positive, nice, correct, right pona adverb: good, simple, positive, nice, correct, right pona! interjection: great! good! thanks! OK! cool! yay! pona noun: good, simplicity, positivity pona la noun: if good, if simplicity, if positivity pona (e ) verb transitive: to improve, to fix, to repair, to make good pu adjective: buying and interacting with the official Toki Pona book pu noun: buying and interacting with the official Toki Pona book pu auxiliary verb: to buying and interacting with the official Toki Pona book pu verb intransitive: to buy and to read (the official Toki Pona book) pu (e ) verb transitive: to apply (the official Toki Pona book) to sama adjective: same, similar, equal, of equal status or position sama adverb: just as, equally, exactly the same, just the same, similarly sama noun: equality, parity, equity, identity, par, sameness sama la noun: in case of equality, if parity, on identity sama preposition: like, as, seem sama (e ) verb transitive: to equate, to make equal, to make similar to seli adjective: hot, warm, cooked seli adverb: hot, warm, cooked seli noun: fire, warmth, heat seli (e ) verb transitive: to heat, to warm up, to cook selo noun: skin, outer form, bark, peel, shell, skin, boundary, shape selo (e ) verb transitive: to shelter, to protect, to guard seme question pronoun: what, which, wh- (question word) sewi adjective: superior, elevated, religious, formal sewi adverb: superior, elevated, religious, formal sewi noun: high, up, above, top, over, on sewi verb intransitive: to get up sewi (e ) verb transitive: to lift sijelo adjective: physical, bodily, corporal, corporeal, material, carnal sijelo adverb: physically, bodily sijelo noun: body (of person or animal), physical state, torso sijelo (e ) verb transitive: to heal, to heal up, to cure sike adjective: round, cyclical, of one year sike adverb: rotated sike noun: circle, ball, cycle, sphere, wheel; round or circular thing sike (e ) verb transitive: to orbit, to circle, to revolve, to circle around, to rotate sin adjective: new, fresh, another, more sin adverb: regenerative sin noun: news, novelty, innovation, newness, new release sin (e ) verb transitive: to renew, to renovate, to freshen sina personal pronoun: you sina possessive pronoun: yours e sina reflexive pronoun: yourself, yourselves sinpin adjective: facial, frontal, anterior, vertical sinpin noun: face, foremost, front, wall, chest, torso sitelen adjective: figurative, pictorial, metaphorical, metaphorisch sitelen adverb: pictorially sitelen noun: picture, image, representation, symbol, mark, writing sitelen (e ) verb transitive: to draw, to write sona adjective: knowing, cognizant, shrewd sona noun: knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, understanding sona verb intransitive: to know, to understand sona (e ) verb transitive: to know, to understand, to know how to sona (e ) transitives verb: to learn, to study sona auxiliary verb: to know how to soweli adjective: animal soweli noun: animal, especially land mammal, lovable animal, beast suli adjective: big, tall, long, adult, important suli adverb: big, tall, long, adult, important suli noun: size suli (e ) verb transitive: to enlarge, to lengthen suno adjective: sunny, sunnily suno adverb: sunny, sunnily suno noun: sun, light suno (e ) verb transitive: to light, to illumine supa adjective: flat, shallow, flat-bottomed, horizontal supa noun: horizontal surface, e.g furniture, table, chair, pillow, floor suwi adjective: sweet, cute suwi noun: candy, sweet food suwi (e ) verb transitive: to sweeten tan adjective: causal, tan noun: origin, cause tan preposition: from, by, because of, since tan verb intransitive: to come from, originate from, come out of taso adjective: only, sole taso adverb: only, just, merely, simply, solely, singly taso conjunction: but, however tawa adjective: moving, mobile tawa adverb: moving, mobile tawa noun: movement, transportation tawa preposition: to, in order to, towards, for, until tawa verb intransitive: to walk, to travel, to move, to leave, to visit tawa (e ) verb transitive: to move, to displace telo adjective: wett, slobbery, moist, damp, humid, sticky, sweaty, dewy, drizzly telo adverb: wett, slobbery, moist, damp, humid, sticky, sweaty, dewy, drizzly telo noun: water, liquid, juice, sauce telo (e ) verb transitive: to water, to wash with water, to put water to, to melt, to liquify tenpo adjective: temporal, chronological, chronologic tenpo adverb: chronologically tenpo noun: time, period of time, moment, duration, situation, occasion toki adjective: speaking, eloquent, linguistic, verbal, grammatical toki adverb: speaking, eloquent, linguistic, verbal, grammatical toki! interjection: hello, hi, good morning, toki noun: language, speech, tongue, lingo, jargon, toki verb intransitive: to talk, to chat, to communicate toki (e ) verb transitive: to speak, to talk, to say, to pronounce, to discourse tomo adjective: urban, domestic, household tomo adverb: urban, domestic, household tomo noun: indoor constructed space, e.g. house, home, room, building tomo (e ) verb transitive: to build, to construct, to engineer tu adjective numeral: two, 2 tu noun: duo, pair tu (e ) verb transitive: to divide, to double, to separate, to cut in two unpa adjective: erotic, sexual unpa adverb: erotic, sexual unpa noun: sex, sexuality unpa verb intransitive: to have sex unpa (e ) verb transitive: to have sex with, to sleep with, to fuck uta adjective: oral uta adverb: orally uta noun: mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw, beak uta (e ) verb transitive: to kiss, to osculate, to oral stimulate, to suck utala adjective: fighting utala adverb: fighting utala noun: conflict, disharmony, fight, war, battle, attack, violence utala (e ) verb transitive: to hit, to strike, to attack, to compete against walo adjective: white, whitish, light-coloured, pale walo noun: white thing or part, whiteness, lightness walo (e ) verb transitive: to whiten, to whitewash wan adjective numeral: one, 1 wan noun: unit, element, particle, part, piece wan (e ) verb transitive: to unite, to make one waso adjective: bird- waso noun: bird, bat; flying creature, winged animal wawa adjective: energetic, strong, fierce, intense, sure, confident wawa adverb: strongly, powerfully wawa noun: energy, strength, power wawa (e ) verb transitive: to strengthen, to energize, to empower weka adjective: absent, away, ignored weka noun: absence weka (e ) verb transitive: to remove, to eliminate, to throw away, to get rid of wile noun: desire, need, will wile (e ) verb transitive: to want, need, wish, have to, must, will, should wile auxiliary verb: to want, need, wish, have to, must, will, should