Thread by @SoweliNasa

Words in my own words. Append or comment freely. #tokipona

a: any non-verbal utterance. Goes anywhere in a sentence. Can be a sentence.
akesi: cold blooded reptile. May or may not be cute.
ala: no. Negation modifier.
alasa: both hunting and gathering.
ale, ali: all.

anpa: down, bottom, lower, under.
ante: change or different.
anu: or.
awen: wait, stand, stop
e: a predicate on the left and an object on the right of this.
en: joins subjects
esun: commercial, market, commerce, shop.
ijo: stuff.
ike: icky.
ijo: thing, tool.
insa: inside.

jaki: yukkie, gross, dirty.
jan: person.
jelo: yellow, maybe greenish.
jo: have, own.
kala: fish, sea creature. May or may not be cute.
kalama: sound, noise.
kama: come.
kasi: leafy greens, plants.
ken: can.
kepeken: using.
kijetesantakalu: raccoonlike. Cute.

kili: fruit.
kin: dramatiser, emphasis.
kipisi: cut, scissors.
kiwen: rock, a hard place.
ko: squishy stuff. Between liquid and solid.
kon: air, gas.
kule: color.
kute: hear, ear.
kulupu: group.
la: joins context to a statement.
lape: nap, sleep.
laso: blue, green.

lawa: head, leader.
len: clothing.
lete: cold.
li: subject on the left, predicate on the right. Not used if subject is just mi or sina.
lili: little.
linja: string, line.
lipu: sheet, floppy, paper, flappy.
loje: red. Not green in any way.
lon: on, make, exist.

luka: hand, arm.
lukin: looking, anticipating.
lupa: hold, portal, orifice.
ma: land, earth, field, outdoors.
mama: parent.
mani: money.
meli: female, woman, (Mary).
mi: me, mine.
mije: male, man, masculine.
moku: eat, food. (Check before accepting dinner invite.)

moli: dead, death, dying.
monsi: behind, ass, back.
mu: animal utterance. May or may not be cute.
mun: moon.
musi: fun, entertaining, artistic, amusing.
mute: count, many, multiply.
namako: spice, extra, trivial.
nanpa: number, nth.
nasa: crazy, random, drunk, enlightened.

nasin: road, path, way, method, tao.
nena: bump. Size is not implied; pimple, nose, mountain.
ni: this, that.
nimi: word, name.
noka: leg, foot.
o: attention, alarm.
oko: eye, eyeball, look, see.
olin: love.
ona: he, she, it, they, hers, his, theirs.
open: start, activate.

pakala: wreck, fuck.
pali: work, create.
palisa: stick, phallic.
pan: bread, grain, cereal.
pana: cast, give, emit.
pi: of, possessive.
pilin: feeling.
pimeja: dark, black, too dark to be green.
pini: finished, end, done, off.
pipi: bug. May or may not be cute.

poka: hip, side, next to, accompany, neighboring.
poki: cup, box, container, cell.
pona: good, simple, positive.
sama: same, equal, similar.
seli: hot, fire, cook.
selo: skin, peel, bark, outside layer, enclosing.
seme: what, which, who, when, where, why indicator.

sewi: sky, divine, holy, up, top.
sijelo: body.
sike: round, circle, ball, cyclic.
sin: new, again, fresh.
sina: you, your.
sinpin: front, ahead, face, chest, wall.
sitelen: drawing, picture, writing, record.
sona: know, learn, understand.

soweli: mammal, beast. May or may not be cute.
suli: big, important, enbiggen.
suno: light, sun.
supa: floor, flat, bed, sofa.
suwi: sweet, cute.
tan: from, because, since.
taso: only, but.
tawa: go, move, toward, from perspective.

telo: water, wash, liquid, sea, sauce.
tenpo: time, season, duration, epoch.
toki: talk, communicate, language, hello.
tomo: house, enclosure, building, home.
tu: two, double, cut, halve, pair.
unpa: sex, fuck.
uta: mouth, kiss.
utala: war, fight, discord, attack.

walo: white, bright, lighter.
wan: one, single, join, unite.
waso: feathered creature. May or may not be cute.
wawa: power, potency, strength.
weka: remove, away, discard.
wile: will, want, need.

#tokipona #vocabulary

kon can also mean spirit.