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Toki Pona


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.
  1. a = ah
  2. akesi = reptile
  3. ala = no, empty
  4. alasa = chase
  5. ale, ali = all
  6. anpa = bottom
  7. ante = different, change
  8. anu = or
  9. awen = stay, wait
  10. e = (introduces a direct object)
  11. en = and
  12. esun = shop, buy
  13. ijo = thing
  14. ike = bad, make bad
  15. ilo = tool, machine
  16. insa = inside, stomach
  17. jaki = dirty, garbage
  18. jan = person
  19. jelo = yellow
  20. jo = have
  21. kama = get, take, come
  22. kala = fish
  23. kalama = sound
  24. kasi = grass, tree, wood
  25. ken = can, possible
  26. kepeken = use
  27. kili = fruit, vegetable
  28. kin = also, too
  29. kiwen = hard, stone, metal
  30. ko = semi-solid (paste)
  31. kon = air, wind, smell
  32. kule = color
  33. kulupu = community
  34. kute = listen
  35. la = (between adverb or phrase of context and sentence)
  36. lape = sleep
  37. laso = blue
  38. lawa = head, control
  39. len = clothing
  40. lete = cold
  41. li = (between any subject except mi and sina and its verb; also used to introduce a new verb for the same subject)
  42. lili = small, young, few
  43. linja = string, rope, long and thin object
  44. lipu = flat, paper
  45. loje = red
  46. lon = at, exist
  47. luka = hand
  48. lukin = see, read
  49. lupa = hole, window, door
  50. ma = land, earth, country, area
  51. mama = parent, mother, father
  52. mani = money
  53. meli = woman
  54. mi = I, my
  55. mije = man
  56. moku = food, eat, drink
  57. moli = die
  58. monsi = back
  59. mu = woof! meow! moo! etc.
  60. mun = moon
  61. musi = fun, play
  62. mute = many, quantity
  63. namako = spices
  64. nanpa = number
  65. nasa = crazy
  66. nasin = road, solution
  67. nena = mountain, button
  68. ni = this, that
  69. nimi = word, name
  70. noka = leg
  71. o = O (vocative or imperative), hey! (calling somebody's attention)
  72. oko = eye
  73. olin = love
  74. ona = (she, he, it), (her, his, its)
  75. open = open
  76. pakala = damage, destroy
  77. pali = job, work
  78. palisa = long and hard object
  79. pan = grain, bread
  80. pana = give, put, send, release
  81. pi = of
  82. pilin = feel, think, touch
  83. pimeja = black, dark
  84. pini = finish, past
  85. pipi = insect
  86. poka = side, next to
  87. poki = box, bowl, cup
  88. pona = good, repair
  89. pu = interact with the official toki pona book
  90. sama = same
  91. seli = fire, hot, cook
  92. selo = outside, skin, shell
  93. seme = what, wh- (question word)
  94. sewi = high, top
  95. sijelo = body
  96. sike = circle, ball
  97. sin = new, more
  98. sina = you, your
  99. sinpin = front, chest, face, wall
  100. sitelen = picture, write
  101. sona = know, understand
  102. soweli = lovable animal
  103. suli = big, imporant
  104. suno = sun, light
  105. supa = flat surface
  106. suwi = sweet, sugar
  107. tan = from, because
  108. taso = but
  109. tawa = for, go
  110. telo = water, wash
  111. tenpo = time, situation
  112. toki = language, talk, chat, hello
  113. tomo = house, room
  114. tu = two
  115. unpa = sex
  116. uta = mouth
  117. utala = fight
  118. walo = white
  119. wan = one
  120. waso = bird
  121. wawa = power
  122. weka = away, absent, throw
  123. wile = want, need, wish

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