Toki Pona Dictionary

This is a list of toki pona words.

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a e i j k l m n o p s t u w

Aa

a

a

a

(Emotional interjection)

a a a!

a a a!

(Laughter)

akesi

akesi

lizard / reptile / amphibian

("Non-cute" animal)

ala

ala

no / not / nothing / zero

alasa

alasa

to hunt / to gather / to seek / to try

ale

ale / ali

all / everything / universe

one hundred

anpa

anpa

under / below / beneath / lowly / dependant / to bow down / to conquer / to defeat / to be defeated

ante

ante

different / changed / to change

anu

anu

or

apeja

apeja

shame / guilt

awen

awen

keep / stay / endure / protect / continue

Ee

e

e

e

(Used to add an object to a sentence.)

en

en

and

(Combines subjects. Not used to combine verbs or objects.)

epiku

epiku

awesome / epic / cool

esun

esun

trade / buy / market / shop / exchange

Ii

i

ijo

ijo

object

ike

ike

bad / evil / complex / unnessecary

(Opposite of "pona")

ilo

ilo

tool / machine / device

insa

insa

inside / contents / center / stomach

Jj

j

jaki

jaki

dirty / disgusting / gross / toxic / poop

jan

jan

person / people / humanity

(The way I remember this is to think of it like how Philadelphians say "jawn")

jan lili

jan lili

child

(Lit. "little person" / "young person")

jan pona

jan pona

friend

(Lit. "good person")

jan [sona olin nasa jasima alasa]

jan Sonja

Sonja Lang, the inventor of toki pona

(Sitelen pona: jan [sona olin nasa jasima alasa])

jan utala

jan utala

warrior

(Lit. "fighting person")

jasima

jasima

opposite / mirror / reverse / reflect

jelo

jelo

yellow

jelo pimeja

jelo pimeja

brown

(Lit. "dark yellow")

jo

jo

to have / carry / contain / hold

jonke

jonke

goose / goose noise

Kk

k

kala

kala

fish / marine animal / sea creature

kalama

kalama

sound / noise / to make sound / to read sound

kama

kama

coming / future / event

kama jo

kama jo

to get

(Lit. "will be having")

kamalawala

kamalawala

uprising / revolution / anarchy

(Short for "kama pi lawa ala")

kapa

kapa

mountain / hill

(Archaic)

kapesi

kapesi

gray / brown

(Archaic)

kasi

kasi

plant / grass / herb / leaf

ken

ken

can / ability / possibility

kepeken

kepeken

to use / using / with the help of

kijetesantakalu

kijetesantakalu

raccoon / raccoon-like animal

(Joke word)

kili

kili

fruit / vegetable / mushroom

(If something is edible and vegan, it probably counts as kili.)

kin

kin

also / too / really / very

kipisi

kipisi

to cut / to divide

kisa

kisa

cat

kiwen

kiwen

hard object / metal / stone / solid

ko

ko

powder / clay / semi-solid

kokosila

kokosila

to speak in a non-toki pona language in a toki pona group

kon

kon

air / gas / spirit / essence / ephemeral

ku

ku

the second official toki pona book / interacting with the second official toki pona book

kule

kule

color

gender / LGBT+

kulupu

kulupu

group / community / society

kute

kute

listen / hear / obey / ear

Ll

l

la

la

if / when

(Provides context)

lanpan

lanpan

to get / steal / seize

lape

lape

sleep / rest

laso

laso

blue / green

laso sewi

laso sewi

blue

(Lit. "sky green")

laso kasi

laso kasi

green

(Lit. "plant blue")

lawa

lawa

head / main / control / rule / own

leko

leko

square / cube / block / stairs

len

len

cloth / clothes / fabric / privacy / hidden

lete

lete

cold / cool / uncooked / raw

li

li

is / is a / are / are a

(Goes between a subject and the verb/adjective describing it. Not present if the subject is "mi" or "sina")

lili

lili

small / few / young / to shrink / smallness / youth

linja

linja

string / rope / hair / wire

(Long flexible object)

linluwi

linluwi

internet / the web / connection / weave / network

lipu

lipu

book / paper / document

lipu ku

lipu ku

the second official toki pona book

(Lit. "'ku' book")

lipu pu

lipu pu

the first official toki pona book

(Lit. "'pu' book")

lipu su

lipu su

the third official toki pona book

(Lit. "'su' book")

loje

loje

red

loje jelo

loje jelo

orange

(Lit. "yellow red")

loje walo

loje walo

pink

(Lit. "light red")

lon

lon

in / at / on / about / true / present / exist

yes

luka

luka

hand / arm

five

lukin

lukin

eye / to look / to see / to seek to

lupa

lupa

hole / door / window

Mm

m

ma

ma

Earth / land / outdoors / territory

majuna

majuna

old

(Archaic)

mama

mama

parent

(Gender neutral)

mama meli

mama meli

mom / mother

(Lit. "female parent")

mama mije

mama mije

dad / father

(Lit. "male parent")

mani

mani

money / large domesticated animal / livestock

meli

meli

woman / female / feminine / wife

melome

melome

lesbian / sapphic / WLW

(Short for "meli olin meli")

meso

meso

medium / average

mi

mi

I / me / us / my / our

(First-person pronoun)

mije

mije

man / male / masculine / husband

mijomi

mijomi

gay / MLM

(Short for "mije olin mije")

misa

misa

mouse / rat / rodent / rabbit

misa suli

misa suli

capybara

(Lit. "big rodent")

misikeke

misikeke

medicine / cure

moku

moku

food / to eat

moli

moli

death / dying / dead

monsi

monsi

back / behind / rear / butt

monsuta

monsuta

monster / fear / scary

mu

mu

(Animal sound)

mulapisu

mulapisu

pizza

(Joke word)

mun

mun

moon / star / night sky object

musi

musi

fun / game / entertaining / art

mute

mute

many / more / quantity / very / three or more

twenty

Nn

n

n

n

um... / hmm...

nalanja

nalanja

orange

namako

namako

spice / additional

nanpa

nanpa

number / digit

(Ordinal indicator)

nasa

nasa

weird / strange / silly / stupid / drunk / high / crazy / unusual

nasin

nasin

path / way / road / directive

nena

nena

bump / hill / mountain / nose / button

ni

ni

this / that

nimi

nimi

word / name

nimisin

nimi sin

nimisin

neologism / joke word / slang word

(Lit. "new word")

nja

nja

meow / cat sound

noka

noka

foot / leg

bottom / under / below

(Archaic)

Oo

o

o

o

(Used for commands / adressing people)

ojuta

ojuta

ligma

("ojuta li seme?" "o uta e sike mi!" -> "What's ligma?" "Lick my balls!" )

oke

oke

ok

oko

oko

eye

(Archaic)

olin

olin

love / compassion / affection

omekapo

omekapo

goodbye

(Short for "o moku e kala pona", Lit. "eat a good fish")

ona

ona

he / she / they / it / his / hers / their / its

(Third-person pronoun)

open

open

open / start / begin

owe

owe

totalitarian / Orwellian

(Joke word)

Pp

p

pakala

pakala

break / destroy / mistake / accident

generic cuss word

pake

pake

to stop / to cease / to block

(Archaic)

pali

pali

to do / to work / to make / to labor

palisa

palisa

branch / stick

(Long solid object)

pan

pan

bread / grain / wheat / corn / rice / pizza

pana

pana

to give / to send / to emit

pasila

pasila

easy

(Archaic)

pata

pata

sibling

(Archaic)

peta

peta

green

pi

pi

of

(Regroups adjectives and adverbs)

pilin

pilin

heart / feeling / sense / touch

pimeja

pimeja

black / dark

pini

pini

stop / end / finish / close

pipi

pipi

insect / bug

po

po

four

(Archaic)

poka

poka

side / hip / next to / near / nearby

poki

poki

container / box / cup / bowl / drawer

poki+tona

poki tona

box of ink

(Joke word)

pona

pona

good / simple / to improve / to fix

powe

powe

false / fake

(Archaic)

pu

pu

the first official toki pona book / interacting with the first official toki pona book

Ss

s

sama

sama

same as / similar / equal to / like / sibling

seli

seli

fire / warmth / heat / chemical reaction

selo

selo

shell / skin / outer form / outer layer / boundary

seme

seme

what

(Used for questions)

sewi

sewi2

sewi

up / above / sky / divine / sacred

sijelo

sijelo

body / torso / physical state

sike

sike

circle / round / ball / year

sin

sin

new / fresh / extra / additional

sina

sina

you / your / yours

(Second-person pronoun)

sinpin

sinpin

front / face / in front of / foremost / wall

sitelen

sitelen

symbol / image / writing / to draw

sitelen jelo

sitelen jelo

emojis

(Lit. "yellow symbols")

sitelen+pona

sitelen pona

the sitelen pona symbols

(Lit. "good writing")

sitelen+sitelen

sitelen sitelen

the sitelen sitelen symbols

(Lit. "picture symbols")

soko

soko

mushroom / fungus

sona

sona

knowledge / to know / to know how to

sona ike

sona ike

misinformation

(Lit. "bad knowledge")

soto

soto

left

soweli

soweli

animal / land mammal

soweli lili

soweli lili

pet

(Lit. "small animal")

suli

suli

big / great / important / to grow / greatness / size / importance

su

su

the third official toki pona book / interacting with the third official toki pona book

suno

suno

sun / light / brightness / shine

suwi

suwi

sweet / cute / adorable

Tt

t

tan

tan

from / because of / cause / reason

taso

taso

only / but / however

tawa

tawa

to / for / from the perspective of / moving

teje

teje

right

telo

telo

water / fluid / liquid / to water / to clean

tenpo

tenpo

time / moment

toki

toki

speech / to talk / language

hi / hello

toki+pona

toki pona

the toki pona language

(Lit. "good language")

tomo

tomo

home / room / structure

tomo tawa

tomo tawa

car / vehicle

(Lit. "moving house")

tona

tona

ink / toner

(Joke word, see "poki tona")

tonsi

tonsi

nonbinary / genderqueer / intersex / trans / LGBT+ / nonbinary person / genderqueer person / intersex person / trans person / LGBT+ person / androgynous / gender neutral

(Technically a nimi sin, but treated as official)

tu

tu

two / divide / divided

tuli

tuli

three

(Archaic)

Uu

u

unu

unu

purple

unpa

unpa

sex / sexual

usawi

usawi

magic / witchcraft / occult / supernatural / incomprehensible

uta

uta

mouth / lips / jaw

utala

utala

fight / challenge / battle / attack

Ww

w

waken

waken

wug

walo

walo

white / light / bright colored

walo pimeja

walo pimeja

gray

(Lit. "dark white")

wan

wan

one / part of / united

waso

waso

bird / flying creature

wasoweli

wasoweli

animal with qualities of both "waso" and "soweli"

wawa

wawa

strong / powerful / strength / power

weka

weka

absent / removed / missing / ignore / far away / distance

wile

wile

need / want / desire

wuwojiti

wuwojiti

(Mnemonic to remember the four banned syllables in toki pona: "wu", "wo", "ji", and "ti")