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This is a Swadesh list of words in Toki Pona English . Due to the focus on mindfulness and creative description, many of these entries are not definitive and can be expressed in various ways depending on the speaker and context.
No.
English
Toki Pona
1
I
mi wan
2
you (singular)
sina wan
3
he , she , it
ona wan
4
we
mi tu mute
5
you (plural)
sina tu mute
6
they
ona tu mute
7
this
ni
8
that
ni
9
here
lon ni
10
there
lon ni
11
who
jan seme
12
what
seme
13
where
ma seme
14
when
tenpo seme
15
how
kepeken nasin seme
16
not
ala
17
all
ale ali
18
many
mute
19
some
mute ale ala ali ala
20
few
lili
21
other
ante
22
one
wan
23
two
tu
24
three
tu wan
25
four
tu tu
26
five
luka
27
big
suli
28
long
suli
29
wide
suli
30
thick
suli
31
heavy
suli
32
small
lili
33
short
lili
34
narrow
lili
35
thin
lili
36
woman
meli
37
man (adult male)
mije
38
man (human being)
jan
39
child
jan lili jan sin
40
wife
meli olin
41
husband
mije olin
42
mother
mama meli
43
father
mama mije
44
animal
soweli
45
fish
kala
46
bird
waso
47
dog
soweli
48
louse
pipi lawa
49
snake
akesi linja
50
worm
pipi linja
51
tree
kasi suli
52
forest
ma kasi
53
stick
palisa
54
fruit
kili
55
seed
pan kiwen lili kasi
56
leaf
(lipu kasi
57
root
noka kasi
58
bark (of a tree)
selo kasi
59
flower
kasi kule
60
grass
kasi anpa
61
rope
linja
62
skin
selo
63
meat
(sijelo soweli
64
blood
telo sijelo loje
65
bone
kiwen sijelo palisa sijelo
66
fat (noun)
ko sijelo
67
egg
sike waso kiwen waso
68
horn
palisa kiwen lawa
69
tail
linja monsi
70
feather
len waso lipu waso
71
hair
linja lawa
72
head
lawa
73
ear
kute
74
eye
lukin oko
75
nose
nena sinpin lawa
76
mouth
uta
77
tooth
kiwen uta
78
tongue (organ)
(nena uta
79
fingernail
kiwen pi palisa luka
80
foot
noka
81
leg
noka
82
knee
nena noka
83
hand
luka
84
wing
luka waso noka waso
85
belly
sinpin sijelo
86
guts
insa sijelo
87
neck
noka lawa
88
back
monsi sijelo
89
breast
nena meli
90
heart
pilin insa
91
liver
insa sijelo
92
to drink
moku
93
to eat
moku
94
to bite
uta pakala kepeken uta
95
to suck
uta moku
96
to spit
pana e telo tan uta
97
to vomit
pana e ko tan insa
98
to blow
pana e kon
99
to breathe
insa e kon
100
to laugh
mu musi
101
to see
lukin
102
to hear
kute
103
to know
sona
104
to think
toki insa pilin
105
to smell
pilin kepeken nena
106
to fear
pilin ike monsuta
107
to sleep
lape
108
to live
awen lon
109
to die
moli
110
to kill
moli e
111
to fight
utala
112
to hunt
alasa
113
to hit
utala
114
to cut
tu kipisi
115
to split
tu kipisi
116
to stab
utala kepeken palisa kipisi
117
to scratch
pakala kepeken luka
118
to dig
pali e lupa
119
to swim
tawa lon telo tawa kala
120
to fly
tawa lon kon tawa waso
121
to walk
tawa kepeken noka
122
to come
kama
123
to lie (as in a bed)
lon supa lape
124
to sit
lon supa
125
to stand
lon
126
to turn (intransitive)
tawa sike
127
to fall
(tawa anpa
128
to give
pana
129
to hold
jo
130
to squeeze
lili e ijo kepeken wawa
131
to rub
luka
132
to wash
telo
133
to wipe
weka tan selo
134
to pull
kama e
135
to push
pana
136
to throw
pana
137
to tie
wan awen kepeken linja
138
to sew
pali e len kepeken linja
139
to count
nanpa
140
to say
toki
141
to sing
kalama musi
142
to play
musi
143
to float
awen lon sewi telo
144
to flow
tawa sama telo
145
to freeze
lete
146
to swell
kama suli
147
sun
suno
148
moon
mun
149
star
mun
150
water
telo
151
rain
telo tan sewi
152
river
telo tawa linja nasin telo
153
lake
telo suli
154
sea
telo suli
155
salt
ko namako
156
stone
kiwen
157
sand
ko
158
dust
ko
159
earth
ma
160
cloud
kon walo sewi
161
fog
kon
162
sky
sewi
163
wind
kon tawa
164
snow
ko walo telo lete
165
ice
kiwen telo
166
smoke
kon pimeja seli
167
fire
seli
168
ash
ko seli
169
to burn
seli
170
road
nasin
171
mountain
nena
172
red
loje
173
green
laso
174
yellow
jelo
175
white
walo
176
black
pimeja
177
night
tenpo pimeja
178
day
tenpo suno
179
year
(tenpo sike suno
180
warm
seli
181
cold
lete
182
full
pi ijo mute jo e ale ken
183
new
sin
184
old
sin ala suli majuna
185
good
pona
186
bad
ike
187
rotten
jaki
188
dirty
jaki
189
straight
sama palisa
190
round
sike
191
sharp (as a knife)
(ken kipisi
192
dull (as a knife)
kipisi ala ken ala kipisi
193
smooth
nena ala
194
wet
telo
195
dry
telo ala
196
correct
pona lon
197
near
lon poka
198
far
weka
199
right
poka
200
left
poka
201
at
lon
202
in
lon insa
203
with
kepeken lon poka
204
and
en li e
205
if
la
206
because
tan
207
name
nimi
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