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Likely onomatopoeia
akesi
non-cute animal
reptile, amphibian
From Dutch hagedis ‘lizard’
ala
no, not, zero
[~ ala ~] (used to form a yes-no question)
From Georgian არა ara ‘no’
alasa to hunt, forage
From Acadian French à la chasse ‘hunting’, from French chasser ‘to hunt’
ale/ali
all
abundant, countless, bountiful, every, plentiful
abundance, everything, life, universe
100
From Dutch alle ‘all’
anpa bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent
From Acadian French en bas ‘below’
ante different, altered changed, other
From Dutch ander ‘other, different’
anu or
From Georgian ან an ‘or’
awen
enduring, kept, protected, safe, waiting, staying
(pv.) to continue to
From Dutch houden ‘keep, care for, hold (in a particular state)’
e (before the direct object)
Possibly a priori
en (between multiple subjects)
From Dutch en ‘and’
esun market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transaction
From Acadian French échange ‘exchange’
ijo thing, phenomenon, object, matter
From Esperanto io ‘something’
ike
bad, negative
non-essential, irrelevant
From Finnish ilkeä ‘bad, mean, wicked’
ilo tool, implement, machine, device
From Esperanto ilo ‘tool’
insa
centre, content, inside, between
internal organ, stomach
From Tok Pisin insait ‘inside, center, stomach’
jaki disgusting, obscene, sickly, toxic, unclean, unsanitary
From English yucky
jan human being, person, somebody
From Cantonese 人 jan ‘person’
jelo yellow, yellowish
From English yellow
jo to have, carry, contain, hold
From Mandarin 有 yǒu ‘have’
kala fish, marine animal, sea creature
From Finnish kala ‘fish’
kalama
to produce a sound
recite, utter aloud
From Serbo-Croatian galama галама ‘fuss, noise’
kama
arriving, coming, future, summoned
(pv.) to become, manage to, succeed in
From Tok Pisin kamap ‘event, arrive, happen, become, bring about, summon’
kasi
plant, vegetation
herb, leaf
From Finnish kasvi ‘plant’
ken
(pv.) to be able to, be allowed to, can, may
possible
From Tok Pisin ken ‘can’
kepeken to use, with, by means of
From Dutch gebruiken ‘to use’
kijetesantakalu any animal from the Procyonidae family, such as raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles
From Finnish kierteishäntäkarhu ‘kinkajou’
kili fruit, vegetable, mushroom
From Georgian ხილი xili ‘fruit’
kin
too, also, as well
(in pu, synonym of a)
From Finnish -kin ‘too, also, still’
kipisi split, cut, slice
From Iñupiat kipriruk ‘cut’ or Swahili kipisi ‘sliver, small piece of wood’
kiwen hard object, metal, rock, stone
From Finnish kiven, an inflected form of kivi ‘stone’
ko clay, clinging form, dough, semi-solid, paste, powder
From Cantonese 膏 gou ‘cream, paste’
kon
air, breath
essence, spirit
hidden reality, unseen agent
From Mandarin 空氣 kōngqì ‘air, atmosphere, ambience, opinion’
kule colourful, pigmented, painted
From Acadian French couleur ‘color’
kulupu community, company, group, nation, society, tribe
From Tongan kulupu ‘group’
kute
ear
to hear, listen
pay attention to, obey
From Acadian French écouter ‘listen’
la (between the context phrase and the main sentence)
From Esperanto la ‘(definite article)’
lape sleeping, resting
From Dutch slapen ‘sleep’
laso blue, green
From Welsh glas ‘blue, inexperienced’
lawa
head, mind
to control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, regulate, rule
From Serbo-Croatian glava глава ‘head’
len
cloth, clothing, fabric, textile
cover, layer of privacy
From Acadian French linge ‘clothing’
lete
cold, cool
uncooked, raw
From Acadian French frette ‘cold’
li
(between any subject except mi alone or sina alone and its verb
also to introduce a new verb for the same subject)
From Esperanto li ‘he’
lili
little, small, short
few
a bit
young
From Tok Pisin liklik ‘small, little’
linja
long and flexible thing
cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn
From Finnish linja ‘line’
lipu
flat object
book, document, card, paper, record, website
From Finnish lippu ‘flag, banner, ticket’
loje red, reddish
From Dutch rooie, an inflected form of rood ‘red’
lon located at, present at, real, true, existing
From Tok Pisin long ‘at, in, on, (spacial particle)’
luka
arm, hand, tactile organ
five
From Serbo-Croatian ruka рука ‘hand, arm’
lukin
eye
look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch
(pv.) to seek, look for, try to
From Tok Pisin lukim ‘see, look at’
lupa door, hole, orifice, window
From Lojban clupa ‘loop’
ma
earth, land
outdoors, world
country, territory
soil
From Finnish maa ‘earth, land’
mama
parent, ancestor
creator, originator
caretaker, sustainer
From Georgian მამა mama ‘father’
mani
money, cash, savings, wealth
large domesticated animal
From English money
meli
woman, female, feminine person
wife
From Tok Pisin meri ‘woman, wife, feminine’
mi I, me, we, us
From Esperanto mi ‘I, me’
mije
man, male, masculine person
husband
From Finnish mies ‘man, husband’
moku to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest
From Japanese モグモグ mogumogu ‘munching’
moli dead, dying
From Acadian French mourir ‘die’
monsi back, behind, rear
From Acadian French mon tchu, dialectal variant of mon cul ‘{vulgar} my ass’
monsuta fear, monster
From Japanese モンスター monsutā ‘monster’
mu (animal noise or communication)
Likely onomatopoeia
mun moon, night sky object, star
From English moon
musi artistic, entertaining, frivolous, playful, recreation
From Esperanto amuzi ‘have fun’
mute
many, a lot, more, much, several, very
quantity
From Esperanto multe ‘a lot’
namako
embellishment, spice
extra, additional
(in pu, synonym of sin)
From Persian نمک namak ‘salt’
nanpa
-th (ordinal number)
numbers
From Tok Pisin namba ‘number, (ordinal marker)’
nasa
unusual, strange
foolish, crazy
drunk, intoxicated
nasin way, custom, doctrine, method, path, road
From Serbo-Croatian način начин ‘way, method’
nena bump, button, hill, mountain, nose, protuberance
From Finnish nenä ‘nose’
ni that, this
From Cantonese 呢 ni ‘this’
nimi name, word
From Finnish nimi ‘name’
noka
foot, leg, organ of locomotion
bottom, lower part
From Serbo-Croatian noga нога ‘foot, leg’
o hey! O! (vocative, imperative, or optative)
oko
eye, ocular, visual
(in pu, a synonym of lukin)
From Serbo-Croatian оko око ‘eye’
olin love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to
From Serbo-Croatian volim волим ‘I love’
ona he, she, it, they
From Serbo-Croatian ona она ‘she’
open
begin, start
open
turn on
From English open
pakala botched, broken, damaged, harmed, messed up
From Tok Pisin bagarap ‘accident’
pali
do, take action on, work on
build, make, prepare
From Esperanto fari ‘do, make’
palisa
long hard thing
branch, rod, stick
From Serbo-Croatian palica палица ‘bat, rod, cane’
pan
cereal, grain
barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat
bread, pasta
pana give, send, emit, provide, put, release
From Finnish panna ‘put, set, place’
pi (used to divide a second noun group that describes a first noun group)
From Tok Pisin bilong ‘of’
pilin
heart (physical or emotional)
feeling (an emotion, a direct experience)
From Tok Pisin pilim ‘feel’
pini ago, completed, ended, finished, past
From French fini ‘finished, completed’
pipi bug, insect, ant, spider
From Acadian French bibitte ‘bug’
poka
hip, side
next to, nearby, vicinity
From Serbo-Croatian boka бока, an inflected form of bok бок ‘side, flank’
poki container, bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel
From Tok Pisin bokis ‘box, {vulgar} female genitalia’
pona
good, positive, useful
friendly, peaceful
simple
From Esperanto bona ‘good’
pu interacting with the official Toki Pona book
sama
same, similar
each other
sibling, peer, fellow
as, like
seli
fire
cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source
FromGeorgian ცხელი cxeli ‘hot’
selo
outer form, outer layer
bark, peel, shell, skin
boundary
FromEsperanto ŝelo ‘skin, peel’
seme what? which?
From Mandarin 什麼 shénme ‘what, something’
sewi
area above, highest part, something elevated
awe-inspiring, divine, sacred, supernatural
From Georgian ზევით zevit ‘upwards’
sijelo body (of person or animal), physical state, torso
From Serbo-Croatian tijelo тијело ‘body’
sike
round or circular thing
ball, circle, cycle
of one year
From English circle
sin
new, fresh
additional, another, extra
From Mandarin 新 xīn ‘new, fresh’
sina you, your
From Finnish sinä ‘you’
sinpin face, foremost, front, wall
From Cantonese 前邊 tsin bin ‘in front’
sitelen image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing
From Dutch schilderen ‘paint’
sona
know, be skilled in, be wise about, have information on
(pv.) know how to
From Georgian ცოდნა codna ‘knowledge’
soweli animal, beast, land mammal
From Georgian ცხოველი cxoveli ‘beastly animal, lively, passionate’
suli
big, heavy, large, long, tall
important
adult
From Finnish suuri ‘big, large, great’
suno
sun
light, brightness, glow, radiance, shine
light source
From Esperanto suno ‘sun’
supa horizontal surface, thing to put or rest something on
From Esperanto surfaco ‘surface’
suwi
sweet, fragrant
cute, innocent, adorable
From Tok Pisin swit ‘sweet’
tan
by, from, because of
origin, cause
From Cantonese 從 tsung ‘from’
taso
but, however
only
From Tok Pisin tasol ‘just, only, but, however’
tawa
going to, toward
for
from the perspective of
moving
From English towards
telo
water, liquid, fluid, wet substance
beverages
From Acadian French de l’eau ‘(some) water’
tenpo time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation
From Esperanto tempo ‘time’
toki communicate, say, speak, talk, use language, think
From Tok Pisin tok ‘message, word, language’
tomo
indoor space
building, home, house, room
From Esperanto domo ‘house’
tonsi trans, gender-non-conforming, non-binary
From Mandarin 同志 tóngzhì ‘comrade (same will/purpose); LGBT+’
unpa have sexual or marital relations with
uta mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw
From Serbo-Croatian usta уста ‘mouth’
utala battle, challenge, compete against, struggle against
From Serbo-Croatian udarati ударати ‘strike, hit, hurt’
walo
white, whitish
light-coloured, pale
From Finnish valko- ‘white’
wan
unique, united
one
From English one
waso bird, flying creature, winged animal
From French oiseau ‘bird’
wawa
strong, powerful
confident, sure
energetic, intense
From Finnish vahva ‘strong, powerful, thick’
weka absent, away, ignored
From Dutch weg ‘away, gone’
wile must, need, require, should, want, wish
From Dutch willen ‘want, desire’