lipu-sona/pages/tokipona/dictionary.md

% toki pona dictionary % /dev/urandom % july 2020

%warning% This is a work in progress.

This is a list of all official words in toki pona as described on the pages from 1 to 12, arranged alphabetically. Each word is listed with different meanings depending on which parts of speech it can be used as.

The "adjective" definition applies to both adjectives and adverbs, as the only difference between the two in toki pona is if they apply to nouns or verbs.

%note% This is not a copy of the dictionary as defined in the official book or any other course. Some words may be used as parts of speech other than those listed here. It also lists some unconventional uses of words, some of which are only useful in combination with other words.

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a

• • particle: (emotional interjection)

akesi

• • noun: "non-cute" animal, lizard
• • adjective: similar to akesi, of akesi

ala

• • noun: nothing
• • adjective: not, no, empty
• • number: zero

alasa

• • verb: to hunt, to gather
• • verb (unconventional): to search, to look for

ale/ali

• • noun: everything, universe
• • adjective: every, all
• • number: all/infinite (simple system), 100 (complex system)

anpa

• • noun (old/non-pu): lower part
• • adjective: lowly, humble, dependent
• • verb w/o obj: to bow down
• • verb w/ obj: to conquer, to defeat

ante

• • noun: difference, change, (unconventional) version
• • adjective: different, other, changed
• • verb: to change

anu

• • particle: or

awen

• • noun (unconventional): stability, safety
• • adjective: safe, enduring, resilient
• • verb: keep, stay, endure, protect
• • pre-verb: continue (doing something)

e

• • particle: (specifies an object)

en

• • particle: and (combines subjects)

esun

• • noun: trade, transaction, exchange
• • adjective: trade/exchange-related, commercial
• • verb: to trade, to exchange

ijo

• • noun: thing, object, (unconventional) matter
• • adjective: (unconventional) material, physical

ike

• • noun: evil
• • adjective: bad, evil, complex, unnecessary
• • verb (unconventional): make smth worse

ilo

• • noun: tool, machine, device
• • adjective: useful, (unconventional) electronic, metallic

insa

• • noun: insides, contents, center, stomach
• • adjective: central, inside

jaki

• • noun: dirt, waste
• • adjective: dirty, disgusting, toxic
• • verb: to make something dirty

jan

• • noun: person, people, humanity
• • adjective: human-like, of the people

jelo

• • noun/adjective: (the color) yellow (and its shades)
• • verb: to color smth yellow

jo

• • verb: to have/carry/contain/hold

kala

• • noun: fish, marine animal, sea creature
• • adjective: similar to kala, of kala

kalama

• • noun: sound, noise
• • adjective: loud, noisy, sound-making
• • verb: to make noise, to play (an instrument)

kama

• • noun: event
• • adjective: coming, future
• • pre-verb: to become, to be in the process of (doing smth)

kasi

• • noun: plant, grass, herb, leaf
• • adjective: kasi-like, of kasi

ken

• • noun: ability, possibility, (unconventional) right, liberty
• • adjective (unconventional): able, possible
• • pre-verb: can (do smth)

kepeken

• • noun: use, (unconventional) practice
• • verb w/ obj: to use smth
• • preposition: (do smth) using, with the help of

kili

• • noun: fruit, vegetable, mushroom
• • adjective: kili-like, of kili

kiwen

• • noun: hard object, metal, stone, solid
• • adjective: hard, metallic, solid

ko

• • noun: powder, clay, paste, semi-solid
• • adjective: ko-like

kon

• • noun: air, essence, spirit
• • adjective: invisible, ephemeral, (unconventional) gaseous

kule

• • noun: color, (rare) gender
• • adjective: colorful
• • verb: to paint smth a color

kulupu

• • noun: group, community, society
• • adjective: communal, social

kute

• • noun: ear, hearing
• • verb: to hear, to listen, to obey

la

• • particle: "if/when" (introduces context)

lape

• • noun: sleep, rest
• • adjective: sleeping, restful
• • verb: to sleep, to rest

laso

• • noun/adjective: (the color) blue, green (and its shades)
• • verb: to color something blue/green

lawa

• • noun: head, mind
• • adjective: main, primary, controlling
• • verb: to head, to control, to own, to rule

len

• • noun: cloth, clothes, layer of privacy
• • adjective: clothed
• • verb: to clothe, to provide a layer of privacy

lete

• • noun: cold
• • adjective: cold, raw, uncooked
• • verb: to cool down

li

• • particle: (between subj. and verb/adj.)

lili

• • noun: smallness
• • adjective: small, few, young
• • verb: to shrink

linja

• • noun: long flexible object, string, rope, hair
• • adjective: linja-like, of linja

lipu

• • noun: book, document, paper
• • adjective: lipu-like, of lipu

loje

• • noun/adjective: (the color) red (and its shades)
• • verb: to color smth red

lon

• • noun: truth, life, existence
• • adjective: real, true, present, existing
• • verb w/o object: is true, exists
• • preposition: in, at, on

luka

• • noun: hand, arm
• • adjective: luka-like, of luka
• • number: 5 (complex system)

lukin

• • noun: eye, vision
• • adjective: visual
• • verb: to look, to see, to read
• • pre-verb: to seek (to do something)

lupa

• • noun: hole, door, window

ma

• • noun: earth, land, outdoors, territory, country
• • adjective: of earth, on land

mama

• • noun: parent, ancestor, creator, origin
• • adjective: parental, of the parent/creator
• • verb: to create, to parent

mani

• • noun: money, large domesticated animal
• • adjective: (unconventional) wealthy

meli

• • noun: woman, female, wife
• • adjective: feminine

mi

• • noun: i, me, us
• • adjective: my, our

mije

• • noun: man, male, husband
• • adjective: masculine

moku

• • noun: food
• • adjective: edible, of food
• • verb: to eat, to drink

moli

• • noun: death
• • adjective: dead, dying
• • verb: to kill

monsi

• • noun: back, behind, rear, butt
• • adjective: back, rear

mu

• • (any animal sound)

mun

• • noun: moon, star, night sky object
• • adjective: lunar, stellar

musi

• • noun: game, art
• • adjective: entertaining, artistic, amusing
• • verb: to amuse, to play, to have fun

mute

• • noun: quantity
• • adjective: many, more
• • number: 3 or more (simple system), 20 (complex system)

nanpa

• • noun: number
• • adjective: -th (ordinal indicator), (unconventional) digital

nasa

• • adjective: weird, unusual, strange, crazy, drunk

nasin

• • noun: path, road, street, directive, way
• • adjective: street-, true to the directive/way
• • verb (unconventional): to guide, to show the path

nena

• • noun: hill, mountain, button, bump,nose
• • adjective: hilly, mountainous, bumpy

ni

• • noun/adjective: this, that

nimi

• • noun: word, name

noka

• • noun: foot, leg, lower part, under (smth)

o

• • particle: (addressing people, commands)

olin

• • noun: love, compassion, affection, respect
• • adjective: loved, favorite, respected
• • verb: to love, to respect

ona

• • noun: he, she, they, it
• • adjective: his, her, their, its

open

• • noun: start, beginning
• • adjective: initial, starting
• • verb: to start, to open
• • pre-verb: to begin (doing something)

pakala

• • noun: damage, mistake
• • adjective: broken, wrong
• • verb: to break, to make mistakes
• • particle: (generic curse)

pali

• • noun: work, labor
• • adjective: working
• • verb: to work (on), to make

palisa

• • noun: long solid object, branch, stick, (unconventional) length
• • adjective: long

pan

• • noun: bread, grain, corn, rice, pizza
• • adjective: pan-like, of pan

pana

• • adjective: (unconventional) given, sent
• • verb: to give, to send, to emit

pi

• • particle: "of" (regroups adjectives/adverbs)

pilin

• • noun: heart, feeling, touch, sense
• • adjective: feeling, touch-based
• • verb: to touch, to think, to feel

pimeja

• • noun: (the color) black (and its shades), shadow
• • adjective: black, dark
• • verb: to color smth black, to cast a shadow

pini

• • noun: end, finish
• • adjective: final
• • verb: to end, to finish, to close
• • pre-verb: to end/stop doing something

pipi

• • noun: insect, bug
• • adjective: pipi-like, of pipi

poka

• • noun: hip, side
• • adjective: neighboring, nearby, at one's side

poki

• • noun: box, container, bowl, cup, drawer
• • adjective: poki-like, of poki
• • verb (unconventional): to put in a box

pona

• • noun: good, simplicity
• • adjective: good, simple
• • verb: to improve, to fix

pu

• • noun: the official toki pona book
• • adjective: as told in the official toki pona book
• • verb: interacting with the official toki pona book

sama

• • noun: similarity, (someone's) sibling
• • adjective: similar to, like, sibling

seli

• • noun: heat, warmth, chemical reaction
• • adjective: warm, hot
• • verb: to heat

selo

• • noun: outer form, shell, skin, boundary
• • adjective: outer

seme

• • particle: what? (for questions)

sewi

• • noun: area above, sky, god
• • adjective: high, above, divine, sacred

sijelo

• • noun: body, physical state, torso
• • adjective: physical, of body

sike

• • noun: circle, ball, (with tenpo) year
• • adjective: round, circular, spherical
• • verb: to make a circle around

sin

• • noun: novelty, addition, (unconventional) update, spice
• • adjective: new, additional, fresh, extra
• • verb: to add, to update

sina

• • noun: you
• • adjective: your

sinpin

• • noun: face, foremost part, front, wall
• • adjective: of face, foremost

sitelen

• • noun: symbol, image, writing
• • adjective: symbolic, written, recorded
• • verb: to write, to draw, to record

sona

• • noun: knowledge, information
• • adjective: known
• • verb: to know
• • pre-verb: to know (how to do something)

soweli

• • noun: land mammal, animal
• • adjective: soweli-like, of soweli

suli

• • noun: size, greatness
• • adjective: big, great, important
• • verb: to grow

suno

• • noun: sun, light, brightness
• • adjective: solar, bright
• • verb: to light, to shine

supa

• • noun: horizontal surface
• • adjective: supa-like, of supa

suwi

• • noun: (unconventional) sweets
• • adjective: sweet, cute, adorable

tan

• • noun: cause, reason, origin
• • adjective: original
• • verb (unconventional): to cause
• • preposition: from, because of

taso

• • particle: (at beginning of sentence) but, however
• • adjective: only

tawa

• • noun: movement
• • adjective: moving
• • verb: to move
• • preposition: to, for, from perspective of

telo

• • noun/adjective: water, fluid, liquid
• • verb: to water, to clean

tenpo

• • noun: time, moment
• • adjective: temporal

toki

• • noun: speech, conversation, language
• • adjective: verbal, conversational
• • verb: to talk

tomo

• • noun: home, room, structure

tu

• • number: 2
• • noun: divide
• • adjective: divided
• • verb: to divide

unpa

• • noun: sex
• • adjective: sexual
• • verb: to have sex with

uta

• • noun: mouth, lips
• • adjective: oral

utala

• • noun: fight, battle, challenge, war
• • adjective: aggressive, warlike
• • verb: to fight, to battle, to challenge

walo

• • noun: the color white (and its shades)
• • adjective: white, bright/light
• • verb: to color something white

wan

• • number: 1
• • noun: part (of smth)
• • adjective: united, married
• • verb: to unite, to marry

waso

• • noun: bird, flying creature
• • adjective: waso-like, of waso

wawa

• • noun: strength, power, energy
• • adjective: strong, powerful, energetic

weka

• • noun: absence, remoteness
• • adjective: absent, away, remote
• • verb: remove, get rid of

wile

• • noun: want, need, desire
• • adjective: desired, needed, required
• • verb: to want smth
• • pre-verb: to want to do smth

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