toki pona Flashcards
predicate
describes the action and state of the subject (verb and descriptive elements)
a
particle: (emotional interjection, emphasis or confirmation)
ala
noun: nothing
adjective: not, no, empty
number: zero
alasa
verb: to hunt, to gather
verb (unconventional): to search, to look for
pre-verb (unconventional): to try (doing something)
ale/ali
noun: everything, universe
adjective: every, all, abundant
number: all/infinite (simple system), 100 (complex system)
anpa
noun (old/non-pu): lower part
adjective: bowing down, downward, lowly, humble, dependent
verb w/o obj: to bow down
verb w/ obj: to conquer, to defeat
ante
noun: difference, change, (unconventional) version
adjective: different, other, changed
verb: to change
anu
particle: or
awen
noun (unconventional): stability, safety, wait
adjective: kept, safe, enduring, resilient, waiting, staying
verb: keep, stay, endure, protect
pre-verb: continue (doing something)
e
particle: (specifies an object)
en
particle: and (combines subjects)
epiku (nimi ku suli)
adjective: epic, awesome
esun
noun: trade, transaction, exchange
adjective: trade/exchange-related, commercial
verb: to trade, to exchange
ijo
noun: thing, object, matter
adjective: material, physical
ike
noun: evil
adjective: bad, evil, complex, unnecessary
verb (unconventional): make smth worse
ilo
noun: tool, machine, device
adjective: useful, (unconventional) electronic, metallic
insa
noun: insides, contents, center, stomach
adjective: central, inside, between
jaki
noun: dirt, waste
adjective: dirty, disgusting, toxic, unclean, unsanitary
verb: to make something dirty
jan
noun: person, people, humanity, somebody
adjective: human-like, personal
jasima (nimi ku suli)
noun: mirror, reflection, echo
adjective: opposite
verb: to reflect, to reverse
jelo
noun/adjective: (the color) yellow (and its shades)
verb: to color smth yellow
jo
noun: (unconventional) possessions, property
verb: to have/carry/contain/hold
kala
noun: fish, marine animal, sea creature
kalama
noun: sound, noise
adjective: loud, noisy, sound-making
verb: to make noise, to recite, to play (an instrument)
kama
noun: event, arrival
adjective: arriving, coming, future, summoned
pre-verb: to become, to be in the process of (doing smth), to manage to, to succeed in
kasi
noun: plant, grass, herb, leaf
ken
noun: ability, possibility, (unconventional) right, liberty
adjective (unconventional): able, possible
pre-verb: can (do smth), may (do smth)
kepeken
noun: use, (unconventional) practice
verb w/ obj: to use smth
preposition: (do smth) using, with the help of
kijetesantakalu (nimi ku suli)
noun: raccoon or other musteloid
kili
noun: fruit, vegetable, mushroom
kin (nimi ku suli)
particle: very, really, also
kipisi (nimi ku suli)
verb: to cut, to divide
kiwen
noun: hard object, metal, stone, solid
adjective: hard, metallic, solid
ko
noun: powder, clay, paste, semi-solid
kokosila (nimi ku suli)
verb: to speak not in toki pona in an environment where others speak toki pona
kon
noun: air, essence, spirit, (unconventional) gas
adjective: invisible, ephemeral, (unconventional) gaseous
ku (nimi ku suli)
noun: the Toki Pona Dictionary by Sonja Lang
verb: to interact with ku
kule
noun: color, (rare) gender
adjective: colorful, painted
verb: to paint smth a color
kulupu
noun: group, community, company, society, nation, tribe
adjective: communal, social
kute
noun: ear, hearing
adjective: …-sounding
verb: to hear, to listen, to obey
la
particle: “if/when” (introduces context)
lanpan (nimi ku suli)
verb: to get, to take, to steal
lape
noun: sleep, rest
adjective: sleeping, restful
verb: to sleep, to rest
laso
noun/adjective: (the color) blue, green (and its shades)
verb: to color something blue/green
lawa
noun: head, mind
adjective: main, primary, controlling, ruling
verb: to head, to control, to direct, to guide, to lead, to own, to rule
leko (nimi ku suli)
noun: square, block, (sometimes) stairs
len
noun: cloth, clothes, fabric, layer of privacy
adjective: clothed, made of cloth/fabric
verb: to clothe, to provide a layer of privacy
lete
noun: cold
adjective: cold, cool, raw, uncooked
verb: to cool down
li
particle: (between subj. and verb/adj.)
lili
noun: smallness
adjective: small, few, young
verb: to shrink
linja
noun: long flexible object, string, rope, hair
lipu
noun: flat object, book, document, paper, page, record, website
adjective: flat, used as lipu, lipu-like, of lipu
loje
noun/adjective: (the color) red (and its shades)
verb: to color smth red
lon
noun: truth, life, existence
adjective: real, true, present, existing
verb w/o object: is true, exists
preposition: in, at, on
luka
noun: hand, arm
number: 5 (complex system)
lukin
noun: eye, vision
adjective: …-looking, visual
verb: to look, to see, to read
pre-verb: to seek (to do something)
lupa
noun: hole, door, orifice, window
ma
noun: earth, land, outdoors, territory, country
mama
noun: parent, ancestor, creator, origin, caretaker
verb: to create, to parent, to take care of
mani
noun: money, large domesticated animal
adjective: (unconventional) wealthy
meli
noun: woman, female, wife
adjective: feminine
meso (nimi ku suli)
noun: middle, center
adjective: average, moderate, mediocre
mi
noun: i, me, we, us
adjective: my, our
mije
noun: man, male, husband
adjective: masculine
misikeke (nimi ku suli)
noun: medicine, cure
adjective: medicinal
verb: to cure
moku
noun: food
adjective: edible, of food
verb: to eat, to drink, to swallow
moli
noun: death
adjective: dead, dying
verb: to kill
monsi
noun: back, behind, rear, butt
adjective: back, rear
monsuta (nimi ku suli)
noun: fear, monster
adjective: scary, monstrous
verb: to scare, to be afraid of, (sometimes) to turn into a monster
mu
(any animal sound)
mun
noun: moon, star, night sky object
adjective: lunar, stellar
musi
noun: game, art
adjective: entertaining, artistic, amusing
verb: to amuse, to play, to have fun
mute
noun: quantity
adjective: many, more
number: 3 or more (simple system), 20 (complex system)
n (nimi ku suli)
interjection: um…, hm… (“thinking noise”)
namako (nimi ku suli)
noun: spice, addition
adjective: additional, extra
verb: to add, to spice up
nanpa
noun: number
adjective: -th (ordinal indicator), mathematical, numeric, (unconventional) digital
nasa
adjective: weird, unusual, strange, drunk
nasin
noun: path, road, street, directive, way, custom
adjective: street-, true to the directive/way/custom
verb (unconventional): to guide, to show the path
nena
noun: hill, mountain, button, bump, nose
adjective: hilly, mountainous, bumpy
ni
noun/adjective: this, that
nimi
noun: word, name
noka
noun: foot, leg, bottom, lower part, under (smth)
o
particle: (addressing people, commands)
oko (nimi ku suli)
noun: eye
olin
noun: love, compassion, affection, respect
adjective: loved, favorite, respected
verb: to love, to respect
ona
noun: he, she, they, it
adjective: his, her, their, its
open
noun: start, beginning
adjective: initial, starting
verb: to start, to open, to turn on
pre-verb: to begin (doing something)
pakala
noun: damage, mistake
adjective: broken, wrong
verb: to break, to make mistakes
particle: (generic curse)
pali
noun: work, labor
adjective: working
verb: to work (on), to make
palisa
noun: long solid object, branch, stick, (unconventional) length
adjective: long
pan
noun: bread, grain, corn, rice, pizza
pana
adjective: (unconventional) given, sent, released
verb: to give, to send, to emit, to release
pi
particle: “of” (regroups two or more modifiers)
pilin
noun: heart, feeling, touch, sense
adjective: feeling, touch-based
verb: to touch, to think, to feel
pimeja
noun: (the color) black (and its shades), shadow
adjective: black, dark
verb: to color smth black, to cast a shadow
pini
noun: end, finish
adjective: final, completed, finished, past (with tenpo)
verb: to end, to finish, to close
pre-verb: to end/stop doing something
pipi
noun: insect, bug
poka
noun: hip, side, nearby area
adjective: neighboring, nearby, at one’s side
poki
noun: box, container, bowl, cup, drawer
verb (unconventional): to put in a box
pona
noun: good, simplicity
adjective: good, simple, friendly, peaceful
verb: to improve, to fix
pu
noun: the official toki pona book
adjective: as told in the official toki pona book
verb: interacting with the official toki pona book
sama
noun: similarity, (someone’s) sibling
adjective: similar, like, sibling
preposition: as, like
seli
noun: heat, warmth, chemical reaction, heat source
adjective: warm, hot
verb: to heat
selo
noun: outer form, outer layer, shell, skin, boundary
adjective: outer
seme
particle: what? which? (for questions)
sewi
noun: area above, top, highest part, sky, god
adjective: high, above, divine, sacred
sijelo
noun: body, physical state, torso
adjective: physical, of sijelo
sike
noun: circle, ball, cycle, wheel, (with tenpo) year
adjective: round, circular, spherical, of one year
verb: to make a circle around, to surround
sin
noun: novelty, addition, (unconventional) update, spice
adjective: new, additional, fresh, extra
verb: to add, to update
sina
noun: you
adjective: your
sinpin
noun: face, foremost part, front, wall
adjective: of face, foremost
sitelen
noun: symbol, image, writing
adjective: symbolic, written, recorded
verb: to write, to draw, to record
soko (nimi ku suli)
noun: mushroom, fungus
sona
noun: knowledge, information
adjective: known
verb: to know
pre-verb: to know (how to do something)
soweli
noun: land mammal, animal
suli
noun: size, greatness
adjective: big, heavy, tall, great, important, adult
verb: to grow
suno
noun: sun, light, brightness, light source
adjective: solar, bright
verb: to light, to shine
supa
noun: horizontal surface
suwi
noun: (unconventional) sweets, fragrances
adjective: sweet, fragrant, cute, adorable
tan
noun: cause, reason, origin
adjective: original
verb w/ object (unconventional): to cause
preposition: from, because of
taso
particle (at beginning of sentence): but, however
adjective: only
tawa
noun: movement
adjective: moving
verb: to move
preposition: to, for, from perspective of
telo
noun/adjective: water, fluid, liquid
adjective: wet, fluid, liquid
verb: to water, to clean
tenpo
noun: time, moment, occasion
adjective: temporal
toki
noun: speech, conversation, language
adjective: verbal, conversational
verb: to speak, to talk, to use language, to think
tomo
noun: home, building, structure, indoor space, room
adjective: indoor
tonsi (nimi ku suli)
noun: non-binary person, trans person
adjective: gender-nonconforming, trans
tu
number: 2
noun: divide
adjective: divided
verb: to divide
unpa
noun: sex
adjective: sexual
verb: to have sex with
uta
noun: mouth, lips
adjective: oral
utala
noun: fight, battle, challenge, war
adjective: aggressive, warlike
verb: to fight, to battle, to challenge
walo
noun: the color white (and its shades)
adjective: white, bright/light
verb: to color something white
wan
number: 1
noun: part (of smth)
adjective: united, married
verb: to unite, to marry
waso
noun: bird, flying creature
wawa
noun: strength, power, energy
adjective: strong, powerful, energetic
weka
noun: absence, remoteness
adjective: absent, away, remote
verb: remove, get rid of
wile
noun: want, need, desire
adjective: desired, needed, required
verb: to want smth
pre-verb: to want to do smth
pre-verb
: a prefix or particle occurring before a verb base (as be- in become)
particle
word that has a grammatical function but does not fit into the main parts of speech
