Toki Pona Dictionary

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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

(Slang: 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

(Slang: 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

(Slang: 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

(Slang: opposite / mirror / reverse / reflect)

jelo

jelo

yellow

jelo pimeja

jelo pimeja

brown

(Lit. "dark yellow")

jo

jo

to have / carry / contain / hold

jonke

jonke

(Slang: 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

(Slang: uprising / revolution / anarchy)

(Short for "kama pi lawa ala")

kapa

kapa

(Archaic: mountain / hill)

kapesi

kapesi

(Archaic: gray / brown)

kasi

kasi

plant / grass / herb / leaf

ken

ken

can / ability / possibility

kepeken

kepeken

to use / using / with the help of

kijetesantakalu

kijetesantakalu

(Slang: raccoon / raccoon-like animal)

kili

kili

fruit / vegetable / mushroom

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

kin

kin

(Slang: also / too / really / very)

kipisi

kipisi

(Slang: to cut / to divide)

kiwen

kiwen

hard object / metal / stone / solid

ko

ko

powder / clay / semi-solid

kokosila

kokosila

(Slang: 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

(Slang: gender / LGBT)

kulupu

kulupu

group / community / society

kute

kute

listen / hear / obey / ear

Ll

l

la

la

if / when

(Provides context)

lanpan

lanpan

(Slang: 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

(Slang: square / 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

(Slang: 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

(Slang: yes)

luka

luka

hand / arm

(Slang: 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

(Archaic: old)

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

(Slang: lesbian / sapphic / WLW)

(Short for "meli olin meli")

meso

meso

(Slang: medium / average)

mi

mi

I / me / us / my / our

(First-person pronoun)

mije

mije

man / male / masculine / husband

mijomi

mijomi

(Slang: gay / MLM)

(Short for "mije olin mije")

misa

misa

(Slang: mouse / rat / rodent / rabbit)

misa suli

misa suli

(Slang: capybara)

(Lit. "big rodent")

misikeke

misikeke

(Slang: medicine / cure)

moku

moku

food / to eat

moli

moli

death / dying / dead

monsi

monsi

back / behind / rear / butt

monsuta

monsuta

(Slang: monster / fear / scary)

mu

mu

(Animal sound)

mulapisu

mulapisu

(Slang: pizza)

mun

mun

moon / star / night sky object

musi

musi

fun / game / entertaining / art

mute

mute

many / more / quantity / very / three or more

(Slang: twenty)

Nn

n

n

n

(Slang: um... / hmm...)

nalanja

nalanja

(Slang: orange)

namako

namako

(Slang: 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

nimisin

(Slang: neologism / joke word / slang word)

nja

nja

(Slang: meow / cat sound)

noka

noka

foot / leg

(Archaic: bottom / under / below)

Oo

o

o

o

(Used for commands / adressing people)

ojuta

ojuta

(A toki pona prank, similar to the English word "ligma".)

(Short for "o uta")

oke

oke

(Slang: ok)

oko

oko

(Slang: eye)

olin

olin

love / compassion / affection

omekapo

omekapo

(Slang: 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

(Slang: totalitarian / Orwellian)

Pp

p

pakala

pakala

break / destroy / mistake / accident

(Slang: generic cuss word)

pake

pake

(Archaic: to stop / to cease / to block)

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

(Archaic: easy)

pata

pata

(Archaic: sibling)

peta

peta

(slang: 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

(Archaic: four)

poka

poka

side / hip / next to / near / nearby

poka open

poka open

left

(Lit: "starting side")

poka pilin

poka pilin

left

(Lit: "side of heart")

poka pilin ala

poka pilin ala

right

(Lit: "side of no heart")

poka pi luka sitelen

poka pi luka sitelen

right

(Lit: "side of writing hand")

poka pi luka sitelen ala

poka pi luka sitelen ala

left

(Lit: "side of non-writing hand")

poka pini

poka pini

right

(Lit: "ending side")

poki

poki

container / box / cup / bowl / drawer

pona

pona

good / simple / to improve / to fix

powe

powe

(Archaic: false / fake)

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

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

(Slang: mushroom / fungus)

sona

sona

knowledge / to know / to know how to

sona ike

sona ike

misinformation

(Lit. "bad knowledge")

soto

soto

(Slang: 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

but / however / only

tawa

tawa

to / for / from the perspective of / moving

teje

teje

(Slang: right)

telo

telo

water / fluid / liquid / to water / to clean

tenpo

tenpo

time / moment

toki

toki

speech / to talk / language

(Slang: hello)

toki+pona

toki pona

the toki pona language

(Lit. "good language")

tomo

tomo

home / room / structure

tomo tawa

tomo tawa

car

(Lit. "moving house")

tonsi

tonsi

(Slang: nonbinary / genderqueer / intersex / trans / LGBT / nonbinary person / genderqueer person / intersex person / trans person / LGBT person / androgynous / gender neutral)

tu

tu

two / divide / divided

tuli

tuli

(Archaic: three)

Uu

u

unu

unu

(Slang: purple)

unpa

unpa

sex / sexual

uta

uta

mouth / lips / jaw

utala

utala

fight / challenge / battle / attack

Ww

w

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

(Slang: animal with qualities of both "waso" and "soweli")

wawa

wawa

strong / powerful / strength / power

wile

wile

need / want / desire

wuwojiti

wuwojiti

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

Yy

y

yupekosi

yupekosi

(Slang: to revise an old creative work and accidentally make it worse)

(Nobody knows how to pronounce the y)