Complete Toki Pona Word List/Dictionary
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With only 120 or so words, toki pona is the smallest language in the world. This feature also makes it one of the easiest and quickest languages to learn.
In order to make learning the language as easy as possible, we’ve included a complete dictionary of all the official toki pona words below, as they appear in pu (the official toki pona book).
We’ve split each section up alphabetically, so you can easily find the word you’re looking for. You can also download this toki pona word list in PDF format for easy reference.
You might also be interested in our FREE Toki Pona Audio and Picture Dictionary app for Android:
toki pona words starting with “a”
| a! | (interjection used to show emphasis or emotion) |
| akesi | ugly/non-cute animal; reptile; amphibian |
| ala | no; not; zero |
| alasa | to hunt; to forage |
| ale | all; abundance; everything; life; universe; 100 |
| anpa | bowing down; downward; humble; lowly; dependent |
| ante | different; altered; changed; other |
| anu | or |
| awen | enduring; kept; protected; safe; waiting; staying; to continue to |
toki pona words starting with “e”
| e | (a particle used before the direct object) |
| en | (a particle used between multiple subjects) |
| esun | market; shop; fair; bazaar; business transaction |
toki pona words starting with “i”
| ijo | thing; phenomenon; object; matter |
| ike | bad; negative; non-essential; irrelevant |
| ilo | tool; implement; machine; device |
| insa | center; content; inside; between; internal organ; stomach |
toki pona words starting with “j”
| jaki | disgusting; obscene; sickly; toxic; unclean; unsanitary |
| jan | human being; person; somebody |
| jelo | yellow; yellowish |
| jo | to have; to carry; to contain; to hold |
toki pona words starting with “k”
| kala | fish; marine animal; sea creature |
| kalama | to produce a sound; to recite; to utter aloud |
| kama | arriving; coming; future; summoned; to become; to manage to; to succeed in |
| kasi | plant; vegetation; herb; leaf |
| ken | to be able to; to be allowed to; can; may; possible |
| kepeken | to use; with; by means of |
| kili | fruit; vegetable; mushroom |
| kiwen | hard object; metal; rock; stone |
| ko | clay; clinging form; dough; semi-solid; paste; powder |
| kon | air; breath; essence; spirit; hidden reality; unseen agent |
| kule | colorful; pigmented; painted |
| kulupu | community; company; group; nation; society; tribe |
| kute | ear; to hear; to listen; to pay attention to; to obey |
toki pona words starting with “l”
| lape | sleeping; resting |
| laso | blue; green |
| lawa | head; mind; to control; to direct; to guide; to lead; to own; to plan; to regulate; to rule |
| len | cloth; clothing; fabric; textile; cover; layer of privacy |
| lete | cold; cool; uncooked; raw |
| li | (particle used between any subject except “mi” alone or “sina” alone and its verb. Also to introduce a new verb for the same subject) |
| lili | little; small; short; few; a bit; young |
| linja | long and flexible thing; cord; hair; rope; thread; yarn |
| lipu | flat object; book; document; card; paper; record; website |
| loje | red; reddish |
| lon | located at; present at; real; true; existing |
| luka | arm; hand; tactile organ; 5 |
| lukin | eye; to look at; to see; to examine; to observe; to read; to watch; to seek; to look for; to try to |
| lupa | door; hole; orifice; window |
toki pona words starting with “m”
| ma | earth; land; outdoors; world; country; territory; soil |
| mama | parent; ancestor; creator; originator; caretaker; sustainer |
| mani | money; cash; savings; wealth; |
| meli | woman; female person; wife |
| mi | I; me; we; us |
| mije | man; male person; husband |
| moku | to eat; to drink; to consume; to swallow; to ingest |
| moli | dead; dying |
| monsi | back; behind; rear |
| mu | animal noise |
| mun | moon; night sky object; star |
| musi | artistic; entertaining; frivolous; playful; recreational |
| mute | many; a lot; more; much; several; very; quantity |
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toki pona words starting with “n”
| namako | new; fresh; additional; another; extra |
| nanpa | -th (a particle used to denote an ordinal number) numbers |
| nasa | unusual; strange; foolish; crazy; drunk; intoxicated |
| nasin | way; custom; doctrine; method; path; road |
| nena | bump; button; hill; mountain; nose; protuberance |
| ni | that; this |
| nimi | name; word |
| noka | foot; leg; organ of locomotion; bottom; lower part |
toki pona words starting with “o”
| o | hey! oh! (vocative or imperative used before telling someone to do something) |
| oko | eye |
| olin | to love; to have compassion for; to respect; to show affection to |
| ona | he; she; it; they |
| open | to begin; to start; to open; to turn on |
toki pona words starting with “p”
| pakala | botched; broken; damaged; harmed; messed up; disabled |
| pali | to do; to take action on; to work; to build; to make; to prepare |
| palisa | long hard thing; branch; rod; stick |
| pan | cereal; grain; barley; corn; oat; rice; wheat; bread; pasta |
| pana | to give; to send; to emit; to provide; to put; to release |
| pi | of |
| pilin | heart; feeling |
| pimeja | black; dark; unlit |
| pini | ago; completed; ended; finished; past |
| pipi | bug; insect; ant; spider |
| poka | hip; side; next to; nearby; vicinity |
| poki | container; bag; bowl; box; cup; cupboard; drawer; vessel |
| pona | good; positive; useful; friendly; peaceful; simple |
| pu | interacting with the official Toki Pona book |
toki pona words starting with “s”
| sama | same; similar; each other; sibling; peer; fellow; as; like |
| seli | fire; cooking element; chemical reaction; heat source |
| selo | outer form; outer layer; bark; peel; shell; skin; boundary |
| seme | what; which |
| sewi | area above; highest part; something elevated; awe-inspiring; divine; sacred; supernatural |
| sijelo | body; physical state; torso |
| sike | round or circular thing; ball; circle; cycle; sphere; wheel; of one year |
| sin | new; fresh; additional; another; extra |
| sina | you |
| sinpin | face; foremost; front; wall |
| sitelen | image; picture; representation; symbol; mark; writing |
| sona | to know; to be skilled in; to be wise about; to have information on; to know how to |
| soweli | animal; beast; land mammal |
| suli | big; heavy; large; long; tall; important; adult; old |
| suno | sun; light; brightness; glow; radiance; shine; light source |
| supa | horizontal surface; thing to put or rest something on |
| suwi | sweet; fragrant; cute; innocent; adorable |
toki pona words starting with “t”
| tan | by; from; because of |
| taso | but; however; only |
| tawa | going to; toward; for; from the perspective of; moving |
| telo | water; liquid; fluid; wet substance; beverage |
| tenpo | time; duration; moment; occasion; period; situation |
| toki | to communicate; to say; to speak; to talk; to use language; to think |
| tomo | indoor space; building; home; house; room |
| tu | 2 |
toki pona words starting with “u”
| unpa | to have sexual or marital relations with |
| uta | mouth; lips; oral cavity; jaw |
| utala | to battle; to challenge; to compete against; to struggle against |
toki pona words starting with “w”
| walo | white; whitish; light-colored; pale |
| wan | unique; united; 1 |
| waso | bird; flying creature; winged animal |
| wawa | strong; powerful; confident; sure; energetic; intense |
| weka | absent; away; ignored |
| wile | must; need; require; should; want; wish |
If you want to learn some toki pona verbs, check out our post The Most Common Verbs in Toki Pona. Or if you’re interested to know the best places to learn the language, check out Where to Learn Toki Pona.
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