Toki Pona is a constructed language designed to be simple and easy to learn. It has a tiny vocabulary of around 123 words, making it one of the simplest languages in the world. Toki Pona was created by Sonja Elen Kisa (Sonja Lang) in 2001. She is a linguist and language enthusiast who developed Toki Pona to create a simple international language to communicate with people of different languages. Every word in Toki Pona has multiple meanings.
- a = ah
- akesi = reptile
- ala = no, empty
- alasa = chase
- ale, ali = all
- anpa = bottom
- ante = different, change
- anu = or
- awen = stay, wait
- e = (introduces a direct object)
- en = and
- esun = shop, buy
- ijo = thing
- ike = bad, make bad
- ilo = tool, machine
- insa = inside, stomach
- jaki = dirty, garbage
- jan = person
- jelo = yellow
- jo = have
- kama = get, take, come
- kala = fish
- kalama = sound
- kasi = grass, tree, wood
- ken = can, possible
- kepeken = use
- kili = fruit, vegetable
- kin = also, too
- kiwen = hard, stone, metal
- ko = semi-solid (paste)
- kon = air, wind, smell
- kule = color
- kulupu = community
- kute = listen
- la = (between adverb or phrase of context and sentence)
- lape = sleep
- laso = blue
- lawa = head, control
- len = clothing
- lete = cold
- li = (between any subject except mi and sina and its verb; also used to introduce a new verb for the same subject)
- lili = small, young, few
- linja = string, rope, long and thin object
- lipu = flat, paper
- loje = red
- lon = at, exist
- luka = hand
- lukin = see, read
- lupa = hole, window, door
- ma = land, earth, country, area
- mama = parent, mother, father
- mani = money
- meli = woman
- mi = I, my
- mije = man
- moku = food, eat, drink
- moli = die
- monsi = back
- mu = woof! meow! moo! etc.
- mun = moon
- musi = fun, play
- mute = many, quantity
- namako = spices
- nanpa = number
- nasa = crazy
- nasin = road, solution
- nena = mountain, button
- ni = this, that
- nimi = word, name
- noka = leg
- o = O (vocative or imperative), hey! (calling somebody's attention)
- oko = eye
- olin = love
- ona = (she, he, it), (her, his, its)
- open = open
- pakala = damage, destroy
- pali = job, work
- palisa = long and hard object
- pan = grain, bread
- pana = give, put, send, release
- pi = of
- pilin = feel, think, touch
- pimeja = black, dark
- pini = finish, past
- pipi = insect
- poka = side, next to
- poki = box, bowl, cup
- pona = good, repair
- pu = interact with the official toki pona book
- sama = same
- seli = fire, hot, cook
- selo = outside, skin, shell
- seme = what, wh- (question word)
- sewi = high, top
- sijelo = body
- sike = circle, ball
- sin = new, more
- sina = you, your
- sinpin = front, chest, face, wall
- sitelen = picture, write
- sona = know, understand
- soweli = lovable animal
- suli = big, imporant
- suno = sun, light
- supa = flat surface
- suwi = sweet, sugar
- tan = from, because
- taso = but
- tawa = for, go
- telo = water, wash
- tenpo = time, situation
- toki = language, talk, chat, hello
- tomo = house, room
- tu = two
- unpa = sex
- uta = mouth
- utala = fight
- walo = white
- wan = one
- waso = bird
- wawa = power
- weka = away, absent, throw
- wile = want, need, wish
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