We have prepared this dictionary for you, where you can access all Tokip Pona words.
- a or kin: PARTICLE (emphasis, emotion or confirmation)
- akesi: NOUN non-cute animal; reptile, amphibian
- ala: ADJECTIVE no, not, zero
- alasa: VERB to hunt, forage
- ale or ali: ADJECTIVE all; abundant, countless, bountiful, every, plentiful
NOUN abundance, everything, life, universe
NUMBER 100 - anpa: ADJECTIVE bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent
- ante: ADJECTIVE different, altered, changed, other
- anu: PARTICLE or
- awen: ADJECTIVE enduring, kept, protected, safe, waiting, staying
PRE-VERB to continue to - e: PARTICLE (before the direct object)
- en: PARTICLE (between multiple subjects)
- esun: NOUN market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transaction
- ijo: NOUN thing, phenomenon, object, matter
- ike: ADJECTIVE bad, negative; non-essential, irrelevant
- ilo: NOUN tool, implement, machine, device
- insa: NOUN centre, content, inside, between; internal organ, stomach
- jaki: ADJECTIVE disgusting, obscene, sickly, toxic, unclean, unsanitary
- jan: NOUN human being, person, somebody
- jelo: ADJECTIVE yellow, yellowish
- jo: VERB to have, carry, contain, hold
- kala: NOUN fish, marine animal, sea creature
- kalama: VERB to produce a sound; recite, utter aloud
- kama: ADJECTIVE arriving, coming, future, summoned
PRE-VERB to become, manage to, succeed in - kasi: NOUN plant, vegetation; herb, leaf
- ken: PRE-VERB to be able to, be allowed to, can, may
ADJECTIVE possible - kepeken: PREPOSITION to use, with, by means of
- kili: NOUN fruit, vegetable, mushroom
- kiwen: NOUN hard object, metal, rock, stone
- ko: NOUN clay, clinging form, dough, semi-solid, paste, powder
- kon: NOUN air, breath; essence, spirit; hidden reality, unseen agent
- kule: ADJECTIVE colourful, pigmented, painted
- kulupu: NOUN community, company, group, nation, society, tribe
- kute: NOUN ear
VERB to hear, listen; pay attention to, obey - la: PARTICLE (between the context phrase and the main sentence)
- lape: ADJECTIVE sleeping, resting
- laso: ADJECTIVE blue, green
- lawa: NOUN head, mind
VERB to control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, regulate, rule - len: NOUN cloth, clothing, fabric, textile; cover, layer of privacy
- lete: ADJECTIVE cold, cool; uncooked, raw
- li: PARTICLE (between any subject except mi alone or sina alone and its verb; also to introduce a new verb for the same subject)
- lili: ADJECTIVE little, small, short; few; a bit; young
- linja: NOUN long and flexible thing; cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn
- lipu: NOUN flat object; book, document, card, paper, record, website
- loje: ADJECTIVE red, reddish
- lon: PREPOSITION located at, present at, real, true, existing
- luka: NOUN arm, hand, tactile organ
NUMBER five - lukin or oko: NOUN eye
VERB to look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch
PRE-VERB to seek, look for, try to - lupa: NOUN door, hole, orifice, window
- ma: NOUN earth, land; outdoors, world; country, territory; soil
- mama: NOUN parent, ancestor; creator, originator; caretaker, sustainer
- mani: NOUN money, cash, savings, wealth; large domesticated animal
- meli: NOUN woman, female, feminine person; wife
- mi: NOUN I, me, we, us
- mije: NOUN man, male, masculine person; husband
- moku: VERB to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest
- moli: ADJECTIVE dead, dying
- monsi: NOUN back, behind, rear
- mu: PARTICLE (animal noise or communication)
- mun: NOUN moon, night sky object, star
- musi: ADJECTIVE artistic, entertaining, frivolous, playful, recreational
- mute: ADJECTIVE many, a lot, more, much, several, very
NOUN quantity - nanpa: PARTICLE -th (ordinal number)
NOUN numbers - nasa: ADJECTIVE unusual, strange; foolish, crazy; drunk, intoxicated
- nasin: NOUN way, custom, doctrine, method, path, road
- nena: NOUN bump, button, hill, mountain, nose, protuberance
- ni: ADJECTIVE that, this
- nimi: NOUN name, word
- noka: NOUN foot, leg, organ of locomotion; bottom, lower part
- o: PARTICLE hey! O! (vocative or imperative)
- olin: VERB to love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to
- ona: NOUN he, she, it, they
- open: VERB to begin, start; open; turn on
- pakala: ADJECTIVE botched, broken, damaged, harmed, messed up
- pali: VERB to do, take action on, work on; build, make, prepare
- palisa: NOUN long hard thing; branch, rod, stick
- pan: NOUN cereal, grain; barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat; bread, pasta
- pana: VERB to give, send, emit, provide, put, release
- pi: PARTICLE of
- pilin: NOUN heart (physical or emotional)
ADJECTIVE feeling (an emotion, a direct experience) - pimeja: ADJECTIVE black, dark, unlit
- pini: ADJECTIVE ago, completed, ended, finished, past
- pipi: NOUN bug, insect, ant, spider
- poka: NOUN hip, side; next to, nearby, vicinity
- poki: NOUN container, bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel
- pona: ADJECTIVE good, positive, useful; friendly, peaceful; simple
- pu: ADJECTIVE interacting with the official Toki Pona book
- sama: ADJECTIVE same, similar; each other; sibling, peer, fellow
PREPOSITION as, like - seli: ADJECTIVE fire; cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source
- selo: NOUN outer form, outer layer; bark, peel, shell, skin; boundary
- seme: PARTICLE what? which?
- sewi: NOUN area above, highest part, something elevated
ADJECTIVE awe-inspiring, divine, sacred, supernatural - sijelo: NOUN body (of person or animal), physical state, torso
- sike: NOUN round or circular thing; ball, circle, cycle, sphere, wheel
ADJECTIVE of one year - sin or namako: ADJECTIVE new, fresh; additional, another, extra
- sina: NOUN you
- sinpin: NOUN face, foremost, front, wall
- sitelen: NOUN image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing
- sona: VERB to know, be skilled in, be wise about, have information on
PRE-VERB to know how to - soweli: NOUN animal, beast, land mammal
- suli: ADJECTIVE big, heavy, large, long, tall; important; adult
- suno: NOUN sun; light, brightness, glow, radiance, shine; light source
- supa: NOUN horizontal surface, thing to put or rest something on
- suwi: ADJECTIVE sweet, fragrant; cute, innocent, adorable
- tan: PREPOSITION by, from, because of
- taso: PARTICLE but, however
ADJECTIVE only - tawa: PREPOSITION going to, toward; for; from the perspective of
ADJECTIVE moving - telo: NOUN water, liquid, fluid, wet substance; beverage
- tenpo: NOUN time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation
- toki: VERB to communicate, say, speak, say, talk, use language, think
- tomo: NOUN indoor space; building, home, house, room
- tu: NUMBER two
- unpa: VERB to have sexual or marital relations with
- uta: NOUN mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw
- utala: VERB to battle, challenge, compete against, struggle against
- walo: ADJECTIVE white, whitish; light-coloured, pale
- wan: ADJECTIVE unique, united
NUMBER one - waso: NOUN bird, flying creature, winged animal
- wawa: ADJECTIVE strong, powerful; confident, sure; energetic, intense
- weka: ADJECTIVE absent, away, ignored
- wile: PRE-VERB must, need, require, should, want, wish