- β a
- interj: ah! ha! oh! ooh! aw! (emotion word)
- π¦ akesi
- n: non-cute animal, reptile, amphibian, dinosaur, monster
- β ala
- mod: no, not, none, un-n: nothingness, negation, zerointerj: no!
- πΉ alasa
- mod: hunting-, -hunting, huntingn: huntingvt: to hunt, to forage
- βΎοΈ ale (ali)
- n: everything, anything, life, the universemod: all, every, complete, whole
- β¬οΈ anpa
- n: bottom, down, under, below, floor, beneathmod: low, lower, bottomvt: lower, down, defeat, overcome
- π ante
- n: differencemod: differentcont: otherwise, or elsevt: change, alter, modify
- β―οΈ anu
- conj: or
- β awen
- vi: stay, wait, remainvt: keepmod: remaining, stationary, permanent, sedentary
- β© e
- sep: (introduces a direct object)
- β en
- conj: and (used to coordinate head nouns)
- π esun
- n: market, shop, fair, bazaar, business, transactionmod: commercial, trade, marketable, for sale, salable, deductiblevt: to buy, to sell, to barter, to swap
- π ijo
- n: thing, something, stuff, anything, objectmod: of somethingvt: objectify
- π ike
- mod: bad, evil, wrong, evil, overly complex, (figuratively) unhealthyinterj: oh dear! woe! alas!n: negativity, evil, badnessvt: to make bad, to worsen, to have a negative effect uponvi: to be bad, to suck
- βοΈ ilo
- n: tool, device, machine, thing used for a specific purpose
- βΊοΈ insa
- n: inside, inner world, centre, stomachmod: internal, central
- π© jaki
- mod: dirty, gross, filthyn: dirt, pollution, filthvt: pollute, dirtyinterj: ew! yuck!
- π€ jan
- n: person, people, human, being, somebody, anybodymod: personal, human, somebody's, of peoplevt: personify, humanize, personalize
- π jelo
- mod: yellow, light green
- π jo
- vt: have, containn: havingkama: receive, get, take, obtain
- π kala
- n: fish, sea creature
- π kalama
- n: sound, noise, voicevi: make noisevt: sound, ring, play (an instrument)
- πΆ kama
- n: event, happening, chance, arrival, beginningmod: coming, futurevi: come, become, arrive, happen, pursue actions to arrive to (a certain state), manage to, start tovt: bring about, summon
- π΄ kasi
- n: plant, leaf, herb, tree, wood
- πͺ ken
- n: possibility, ability, power to do things, permissionvi: can, is able to, is allowed to, may, is possiblevt: make possible, enable, allow, permitcont: it is possible that
- π§ kepeken
- vt: useprep: with
- π kili
- n: fruit, pulpy vegetable, mushroom
- β kin
- mod: also, too, still, really, even, indeedinterj*: really!, truly!, indeed!cont*: moreover, indeed, in addition
- βοΈ kipisi
- n*: section, fragment, slicevt*: to cut
- π kiwen
- n: hard thing, rock, stone, metal, mineral, claymod: hard, solid, stone-like, made of stone or metal
- π¦ ko
- n: semi-solid or squishy substance; clay, dough, glue, paste, powder, gumvt: to squash, to pulverize
- π¨ kon
- n: air, wind, odour, soulmod: air-like, ethereal, gaseous
- π kule
- n: color, paintvt: color, paintmod: colourful
- π₯ kulupu
- n: group, community, society, companymod: communal, shared, public, of the society
- π kute
- vt: listen, hearmod: auditory, hearing
- πΌ la
- sep: (between adverb or phrase of context and sentence)
- π΄ lape
- n, vi: sleep, restmod: sleeping, of sleep
- π΅ laso
- mod: blue, blue-green
- πΆ lawa
- n: head, mindmod: main, leading, in chargevt: lead, control, rule, steer
- π len
- n: clothing, cloth, fabric
- βοΈ lete
- n: coldmod: cold, uncooked, rawvt: cool down, chill, freeze
- βΆοΈ li
- sep: (between any subject except mi and sina and its verb; also used to introduce a new verb for the same subject)
- π lili
- mod: small, little, young, a bit, short, fes, lessvt: reduce, shorten, shrink, lessen
- γ°οΈ linja
- n: long, very thin, floppy thing, e.g. string, rope, hair, thread, cord, chain
- π lipu
- n: flat and bendable thing, e.g. paper, card, ticket
- π΄ loje
- mod: red
- π lon
- prep: be located in/at/onvi: be there, be present, be real/true, exist, be awake
- β luka
- n: hand, armmod: five
- π lukin
- vt: see, look at, watch, readvi: look, watch out, pay attentionmod: visual, to seek to, try to, look for
- π³οΈ lupa
- n: hole, orifice, window, door
- ποΈ ma
- n: land, earth, country, (outdoor) area
- πͺ mama
- n: parent, mother, fathermod: of the parent, parental, maternal, fatherly
- π° mani
- n: money, material wealth, currency, dollar, capital
- π§ meli
- n: woman, female, girl, wife, girlfriendmod: female, feminine, womanly
- π mi
- n: I, wemod: my, our
- π¨ mije
- n: man, male, husband, boyfriendmod: male, masculine, manly
- π½οΈ moku
- n: food, mealvt: eat, drink, swallow, ingest, consume
- π moli
- n: deathmod: dead, deadly, fatalvt: killvi: die, be dead
- β¬
οΈ monsi
- n: back, rear end, butt, behindmod: back, rear
- πΉ monsuta
- n*: monster, monstrosity, fearful thing, fright, mythical creatures, fear
- πΉ mu
- interj: woof! meow! moo! etc. (cute animal noise)
- π mun
- n: moon, night sky objectmod: lunar
- π musi
- n: fun, playing, game, recreation, art, entertainmentmod: artful, fun, recreationalvi: play, have funvt: amuse, entertain
- π mute
- mod: many, several, very, much, a lot, abundant, numerous, moren: amount, quantityvt: make many or much
- π§ namako
- n*: spice, something extra, food additive, accessoryvt*: to spice, to flavor, to decoratemod*: spicy, piquant
- #οΈβ£ nanpa
- n: numberoth: -th (ordinal numbers)
- π nasa
- mod: silly, crazy, foolish, drunk, strange, stupid, weirdvt: drive crazy, make weird
- π£οΈ nasin
- n: way, manner, custom, road, path, doctrine, system, method
- π» nena
- n: bump, hill, mountain, button, nose
- π ni
- mod: this, that
- π¬ nimi
- n: word, name
- 𦡠noka
- n: leg, foot
- π o
- sep: O (vocative or imperative)interj: hey! (calling somebody's attention)
- ποΈ oko
- n: eye
- π olin
- n: lovemod: lovevt: to love (a person)
- π ona
- n: he, she, it, theymod: his, her, its, their
- π open
- vt: open, turn on
- π₯ pakala
- n: blunder, accident, mistake, destruction, damage, breakingvt: screw up, fuck up, botch, ruin, break, hurt, injure, damage, bungle, spoil, ruinvi: screw up, fall apart, breakinterj: damn! fuck!
- β pali
- n: activity, work, deed, projectmod: active, work-related, operating, workingvt: do, make, build, createvi: act, work, function
- π palisa
- n: long, mostly hard object, e.g. rod, stick, branch
- π pan
- n: cereal, grain, barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat, bread, pasta
- π€ pana
- vt: give, put, send, place, release, emit, causen: giving, transfer, exchange
- βΉοΈ pi
- sep: of, belonging to
- β€οΈ pilin
- n: feelings, emotion, heartvi: feelvt: feel, think, sense, touch
- β« pimeja
- mod: black, darkn: darkness, shadowsvt: darken
- π pini
- n: end, tipmod: completed, finished, past, done, agovt: finish, close, end, turn off
- π pipi
- n: bug, insect, spider
- βοΈ poka
- n: side, hip, next tomod: neighboringprep: in the accompaniment of, with
- π¦ poki
- n: container, box, bowl, cup, glass
- π pona
- n: good, simplicity, positivitymod: good, simple, positive, nice, correct, rightinterj: great! good! thanks! OK! cool! yay!vt: improve, fix, repair, make good
- π pu
- n: buying and interacting with the official Toki Pona bookmod: buying and interacting with the official Toki Pona bookvt: to apply (the official Toki Pona book) toβ¦vi: to buy and to read (the official Toki Pona book)
- βοΈ sama
- mod: same, similar, equal, of equal status or positionprep: like, as, seemcont: similarly, in the same way that
- π₯ seli
- n: fire, warmth, heatmod: hot, warm, cookedvt: heat, warm up, cook
- π² selo
- n: outside, surface, skin, shell, bark, shape, peel
- β seme
- oth: what, which, wh- (question word)
- β¬οΈ sewi
- n: high, up, above, top, over, onmod: superior, elevated, religious, formal
- ποΈ sijelo
- n: body, physical state
- β sike
- n: circle, wheel, sphere, ball, cyclemod: round, cyclical
- π sin
- mod: new, fresh, another, morevt: renew, renovate, freshen
- π sina
- n: youmod: your
- β‘οΈ sinpin
- n: front, chest, torso, wall
- πΌοΈ sitelen
- n: picture, imagevt: draw, write
- π§ sona
- n: knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, understandingvt: know, understand, know how tovi: know, understandkama: learn, study
- π soweli
- n: animal, especially land mammal, lovable animal
- π suli
- mod: big, tall, long, adult, importantvt: enlarge, lengthenn: size
- βοΈ suno
- n: sun, light
- ποΈ supa
- n: horizontal surface, e.g. furniture, table, chair, pillow, floor
- π suwi
- n: candy, sweet foodmod: sweet, cutevt: sweeten
- β©οΈ tan
- prep: from, by, because of, sincen: origin, cause
- π€ taso
- mod: only, soleconj: but
- βͺοΈ tawa
- prep: to, in order to, towards, for, untiln: movement, transportationmod: moving, mobilevi: go, leave, walk, travel, movevt: move, displace
- π§ telo
- n: water, liquid, juice, saucevt: water, wash with water
- β° tenpo
- n: time, period of time, moment, duration, situation
- π£οΈ toki
- n: language, talking, speech, communicationvt: sayvi: talk, chat, communicateinterj: hello! hi!
- π tomo
- n: indoor constructed space, e.g. house, home, room, buildingmod: urban, domestic, household
- βοΈ tu
- mod: twon: duo, pairvt: double, separate/cut/divide in two
- π unpa
- n: sex, sexualitymod: erotic, sexualvt: have sex with, sleep with, fuckvi: have sex
- π uta
- n: mouthmod: oral
- βοΈ utala
- n: conflict, disharmony, competition, fight, war, battle, attack, blow, argument, physical or verbal violencevt: hit, strike, attack, compete against
- βͺ walo
- mod: white, light (colour)n: white thing/part, whiteness, lightness
- βοΈ wan
- mod: one, an: unit, element, particle, part, piecevt: unite, make one
- π¦
waso
- n: bird, winged animal
- β‘ wawa
- n: energy, strength, powermod: energetic, strong, fierce, intense, sure, confidentvt: strengthen, energize, empower
- π« weka
- mod: away, absent, missingn: absencevt: throw away, remove, get rid of
- π wile
- vt: to want, need, wish, have to, must, will, shouldn: desire, need, willmod: necessary