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The words of kót wàwa, with most of the definitions filled in. | |||
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!ním | !ním | ||
! | !mín | ||
!nát | !nát | ||
!biggest diff from tp | !biggest diff from tp | ||
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|li | |li | ||
|(introduces a verb phrase and asserts that it's being done by the subject) | |(introduces a verb phrase and asserts that it's being done by the subject) | ||
|tok ''li'' | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/li li]'' | ||
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|[[mì]] | |[[mì]] | ||
|"S is me (at/to O)" | |"S is me (at/to O)" | ||
|tok ''mi'' | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/mi mi]'' | ||
|You still have to say ''li'' when you use ''mi'' as the subject. e.g. ''li'' '''''li''''' ''dòk'' as rather than ''mi toki'' | |You still have to say ''li'' when you use ''mi'' as the subject. e.g. ''li'' '''''li''''' ''dòk'' as rather than ''mi toki'' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|e | |e | ||
|(introduces an object of | |(introduces an object of the main verb of the current verb phrase) | ||
|tok ''e'' | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/e e]'' | ||
|''e'' is not needed if you're using an ''immediate object''. | |''e'' is not needed if you're using an ''immediate object''. | ||
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|tok ''e'' | |tok ''e'' | ||
|it can be used as a content word | |it can be used as a content word | ||
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|àn | |||
|"S is the act of doing O" | |||
|Proto-Germanic ''-aną'' verb ending | |||
|acts as the intermediary for all positive pre-verb constructions | |||
|This is a pre-verb. It takes a whole verb phrase as its object. It has a noun form ''án''. That also takes a verb phrase as its object and then acts as a reference to the process described by that verb phrase. | |||
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|na | |||
|closing particle for ''àn'' | |||
|kw ''àn'' | |||
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|[[dòk]] | |[[dòk]] | ||
|"S says O" | |"S says O" | ||
|tok ''toki'' | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/toki toki]'' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|[[nì]] | |[[nì]] | ||
|"S does this to O", "S is this to O" | |"S does this to O", "S is this to O" | ||
|tok ''ni'' | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/ni ni]'' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|[[bòn]] | |[[bòn]] | ||
|"S is good to O" | |"S is good to O" | ||
|tok ''pona'' | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/pona pona]'' | ||
| no need for ''tawa'' for O | | no need for ''tawa'' for O | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[[à]] | |[[à]] | ||
|"S is special (about O)" | |"S is special (about O)" | ||
|tok ''a'' | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/a a]'' | ||
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|a general-purpose end-of-sentence particle, that can describe content-words the way it describes sentences | |a general-purpose end-of-sentence particle, that can describe content-words the way it describes sentences | ||
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|[[jàn]] | |[[jàn]] | ||
|"S is human (to O)" | |"S is human (to O)" | ||
|tok ''jan'' | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/jan jan]'' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|[[zìna]] | |[[zìna]] | ||
|"S is you (to O)" | |"S is you (to O)" | ||
|tok ''sina'' | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/sina sina]'' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|la | |la | ||
|in the context of S, O happens | |in the context of S, O happens | ||
|tok ''[https://linku.la/words/la la]'' | |||
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|[[là]] | |[[là]] | ||
|in the context of S, O happens | |in the context of S, O happens | ||
| | |tok ''la'' | ||
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|[[lòn]] | |[[lòn]] | ||
|S is at/in/on O | |S is at/in/on O | ||
|tok ''[https://linku.la/words/lon lon]'' | |||
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|[[zòn]] | |[[zòn]] | ||
|S knows O | |S knows O | ||
| | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/sona sona]'' | ||
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|[[mùt]] | |[[mùt]] | ||
|S is many things (that do O) | |S is many things (that do O) | ||
|tok ''[https://linku.la/words/mute mute]'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[[dàu]] | |[[dàu]] | ||
|S goes to O | |S goes to O | ||
|tok ''[https://linku.la/words/tawa tawa]'' | |||
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|pi | |pi | ||
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| | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/pi pi]'' | ||
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|a word that groups together the words after it. The whole group is treated like a single word grammatically. The group runs until the end of the sentence, or the next "li", "e", "unu" or connective. | |a word that groups together the words after it. The whole group is treated like a single word grammatically. The group runs until the end of the sentence, or the next "li", "e", "unu" or connective. | ||
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|ip | |ip | ||
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| | |tok ''pi'' | ||
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|a word that closes off a noun phrase or verb phrase. "pi" opens them and "ip" closes them. | |a word that closes off a noun phrase or verb phrase. "pi" opens them and "ip" closes them. | ||
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|[[ìke]] | |[[ìke]] | ||
| S is bad to O, S is complicated, S makes complications for O | | S is bad to O, S is complicated, S makes complications for O | ||
|tok ''[https://linku.la/words/ike ike]'' | |||
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|[[dèm]] | |[[dèm]] | ||
|S is a time, a time for O | |S is a time, a time for O | ||
| | |tok ''[https://linku.la/words/tenpo tenpo]'' | ||
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|[[zèm]] | |[[zèm]] | ||
|What is S doing to O? | |What is S doing to O? | ||
| | |tok ''seme'' | ||
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|this word is used to make questions | |this word is used to make questions | ||
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|[[wìl]] | |[[wìl]] | ||
|S wants O, S wants to do O | |S wants O, S wants to do O | ||
|tok ''wile'' | |||
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|[[nɒ̀]] | |[[nɒ̀]] | ||
|S is that to O | |S is that to O | ||
| | |tok ''ona'' | ||
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|o | |o | ||
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| | |tok ''o'' | ||
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|a vocative particle. e.g. "kál o!" can be used to call to a fish | |a vocative particle. e.g. "kál o!" can be used to call to a fish | ||
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|[[ò]] | |[[ò]] | ||
|S is you to O, and I want S's attention | |S is you to O, and I want S's attention | ||
| | |tok ''o'' | ||
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|os | |os | ||
| | |a connective version of òs. grammatically like li | ||
| | |tok ''o'' | ||
|''o'' and ''os'' are separate words in kót wàwa | |''o'' and ''os'' are separate words in kót wàwa | ||
|gentle imperative. os gàmní = please come here | |gentle imperative. os gàmní = please come here | ||
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|[[òs]] | |[[òs]] | ||
| | |S should do O | ||
| | |tok ''o'' | ||
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|[[gàm]] | |[[gàm]] | ||
|S comes to O, S begins to do O, S increasingly does O | |S comes to O, S begins to do O, S increasingly does O | ||
|tok ''kama'' | |||
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|[[dàs]] | |[[dàs]] | ||
|S is everything, despite O | |S is everything, despite O | ||
| | |tok ''taso'' | ||
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|[[mà]] | |[[mà]] | ||
|S is a land, the homeland of O | |S is a land, the homeland of O | ||
|tok ''ma'' | |||
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|[[bìli]] | |||
|S feels/believes/thinks O | |||
|tok ''pilin'' | |||
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|[[lìli]] | |||
|S is small (in its effect on O) | |||
|tok ''lili'' | |||
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|[[mòk]] | |||
|S eats/drinks/consumes O | |||
|tok ''moku'' | |||
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|lùki | |||
|S looks O; S sees O | |||
|tok ''lukin'' | |||
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|dòm | |||
|S is a built structure that is the place for O to inhabit | |||
|tok ''tomo'' | |||
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|ìlo | |||
|S is a tool to do O | |||
|tok ''ilo'' | |||
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|bèke | |||
|S uses O | |||
|tok ''kepeken'' | |||
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|zìtel | |||
|S draws/writes, producing O | |||
|tok ''sitelen'' | |||
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|mùs | |||
|S amuses O | |||
|tok ''musi'' | |||
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|unu | |||
|S or O | |||
|tok ''anu'' | |||
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|jò | |||
|S holds/carries/has O | |||
|tok ''jo'' | |||
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|àle | |||
|S is every thing that does O | |||
|tok ''ale'' | |||
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|zàm | |||
|S is in some way the same as O | |||
|tok ''sama'' | |||
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|lùka | |||
|S handles/manipulates or points at O | |||
|tok ''luka'' | |||
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|gìn | |||
|S also happens/exists or is present, as well as O | |||
|tok ''kin'' | |||
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|en | |||
|S and O, (to be used within the subject or in a nominal sentence) | |||
|tok ''en'' | |||
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|èn | |||
|S does something that O does | |||
|tok ''en'' | |||
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|ànt | |||
|S is different to O in some way | |||
|tok ''ante'' | |||
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|bàna | |||
|S gives O (to someone/something) | |||
|tok ''pana'' | |||
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|ìjo | |||
|S happens to O | |||
|tok ''ijo'' | |||
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|làpe | |||
|S sleeps in a way that affects O (or prevents S affecting O) or in O's presence | |||
|tok ''lape'' | |||
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|dèlo | |||
|S is a liquid in a way that affects O | |||
|tok ''telo'' | |||
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|e.g. S wets O, S washes O (via the idea of S acting via water) | |||
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|zùn | |||
|S shines light on O | |||
|tok ''suno'' | |||
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|ə̀t | |||
|S is one thing in O's presence, from O's point-of-view | |||
|Peg System ''t'' "one" | |||
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|from the [https://thinkersplayground.com/the-peg-system-of-mnemonics.html Peg System of mnemonics], created by Harry Lorayne | |||
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|zùl | |||
|S is big to O, in a way that affects O | |||
|tok ''suli'' | |||
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|bìn | |||
|S finishes O | |||
|tok ''pini'' | |||
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|àt | |||
|S has done O | |||
|en ''-ed'', la ''-ata'', vi ''đã'' | |||
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|based on PIE ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂tos|-eh₂tos]]'' and the association it's created between d/t and past participles in daughter languages | |||
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|nàsa | |||
|S is crazy in a way that affects O | |||
|tok ''nasa'' | |||
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|nàsi | |||
|S is a road to or a way to do O | |||
|tok ''nasin'' | |||
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|''nási-án'' can be used to describe the quality of being a particular type of thing e.g. ''nási-án jàn'' "humanness", "humanity" | |||
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|lìp | |||
|S is a flat leaf-like thing that expresses information about O | |||
|tok ''lipu'' | |||
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|dò | |||
|S is the extent to which O exists/happens or is present. | |||
|zh 度 ''duò'' "measure" | |||
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|e.g. ''tó-télo'' "amount of liquid", ''tó-án dùm-wás'' "number of birds" | |||
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|làu | |||
|S is the head/controller/boss or O | |||
|tok ''lawa'' | |||
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|ə̀n | |||
|S is two things to O | |||
|[https://thinkersplayground.com/the-peg-system-of-mnemonics.html Peg System] ''n'' "two" | |||
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|màni | |||
|S is currency, or something easily traded, for O | |||
|tok ''mani'' | |||
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|e.g. ''máni-jó'' "money", ''máni-án gèn'' "energy" | |||
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|gàlam | |||
|S is a vibration/sound, made by O | |||
|tok ''kalama'' | |||
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|gùlup | |||
|S is a group/collection/set of things that do O | |||
|tok ''kulupu'' | |||
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|wàwa | |||
|S is strong at doing O | |||
|tok ''wawa'' | |||
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|zìn | |||
|S is new to O, in the ways that determine how S affects O | |||
|tok ''sin'' | |||
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|wɛ̀k | |||
|S is far away from O | |||
|tok ''weka'' | |||
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|mòl | |||
|S dies because of O | |||
|tok ''moli'' | |||
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|zìk | |||
|S is a circle or round thing, centered on O | |||
|tok ''sike'' | |||
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|bàkal | |||
|S is breaks O | |||
|tok ''pakala'' | |||
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|zòwel | |||
|S is a beast or a land mammal in its effect on O | |||
|tok ''soweli'' | |||
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|more weakly means "animal" in general | |||
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|zèwi | |||
|S is the top part of O or S is above O, or S is of the world that defines/describes O's nature (e.g. divine, logical) | |||
|tok ''sewi'' | |||
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|wèn | |||
|S remains/stays with/at O | |||
|tok ''awen'' | |||
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|ùtal | |||
|S fights/attacks O | |||
|tok ''utala'' | |||
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|bàn | |||
|S is a grain food or seeds of O | |||
|tok ''pan'' | |||
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|gòn | |||
|S is air/breath/spirit breathed by or enclosed within or permeating O | |||
|tok ''kon'' | |||
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|bɔk | |||
|S is a side of O | |||
|tok ''poka'' | |||
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|gò | |||
|S is a poweder/paste/gel of O | |||
|tok ''ko'' | |||
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|lèko | |||
|S is a brick/block/square of O | |||
|tok ''leko'' | |||
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|zìjel | |||
|S is the body of O | |||
|tok ''sijelo'' | |||
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|lìɲa | |||
|S is a line of O | |||
|tok ''linja'' | |||
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|bìmei | |||
|S is dark to O | |||
|tok ''pimeja'' | |||
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|bù | |||
|S interacts with the official Toki Pona book in order to do O, S does O via a method that's in accordance with the official Toki Pona book | |||
|tok ''pu'' | |||
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|zèli | |||
|S is hot/warm in a way that affects O | |||
|tok ''seli'' | |||
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|gùt | |||
|S listens to or hears O | |||
|tok ''kute'' | |||
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|gàs | |||
|S is a plant in how it affects O | |||
|tok ''kasi'' | |||
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|jàk | |||
|S is messy/dirty/disgusting in how it affects O | |||
|tok ''jaki'' | |||
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|ìns | |||
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|tok ''insa'' | |||
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|zùwi | |||
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|tok ''suwi'' | |||
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|lɛ̀t | |||
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|tok ''lete'' | |||
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|gìl | |||
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|tok ''kili'' | |||
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|ùta | |||
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|tok ''uta'' | |||
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|gìwe | |||
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|tok ''kiwen'' | |||
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|màma | |||
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|tok ''mama'' | |||
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|òpe | |||
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|tok ''open'' | |||
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|èsu | |||
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|tok ''esun'' | |||
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|mèl | |||
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|tok ''meli'' | |||
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|lùp | |||
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|tok ''lupa'' | |||
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|bòki | |||
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|tok ''poki'' | |||
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|mìje | |||
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|tok ''mije'' | |||
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|ùmp | |||
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|tok ''unpa'' | |||
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|mùn | |||
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|tok ''mun'' | |||
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|mònsut | |||
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|tok ''monsuta'' | |||
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|òlin | |||
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|tok ''olin'' | |||
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|lèn | |||
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|tok ''len'' | |||
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|nàmak | |||
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|tok ''namak'' | |||
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|bàlis | |||
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|tok ''palisa'' | |||
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|bìpi | |||
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|tok ''pipi'' | |||
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|lòi | |||
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|tok ''loje'' | |||
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|àmp | |||
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|tok ''anpa'' | |||
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|gùle | |||
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|tok ''kule'' | |||
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|wàlo | |||
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|tok ''walo'' | |||
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|nɔ̀k | |||
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|tok ''noka'' | |||
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|nèna | |||
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|tok ''nena'' | |||
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|zɛ̀l | |||
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|tok ''selo'' | |||
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|jèl | |||
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|tok ''jelo'' | |||
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|zùp | |||
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|tok ''supa'' | |||
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|gàl | |||
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|tok ''kala'' | |||
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|làs | |||
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|tok ''laso'' | |||
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|zìm | |||
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|tok ''sinpin'' | |||
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|mù | |||
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|tok ''mu'' | |||
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|dònsi | |||
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|tok ''tonsi'' | |||
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|àkes | |||
|S is like a lizard or amphibian type of animal to O | |||
|tok ''akesi'' | |||
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|ɲà | |||
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|tok ''nja'' | |||
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|wà | |||
|S is awe-inspiring or amazing to O | |||
|tok ''wa'' | |||
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|ŋʉ | |||
|closing particle for the pre-verb "ʉ̀ŋ" | |||
|kw ''an'' | |||
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|gìpis | |||
|S breaks O into more than one piece | |||
|tok ''kipisi'' | |||
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|àlas | |||
|S searches for O or hunts for O or tries to do O | |||
|tok ''alasa'' | |||
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|èpik | |||
|S is epic/fantastic or very influential on O | |||
|tok ''epiku'' | |||
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|mìsikek | |||
|S is medicine for O - to improve O's wellbeing | |||
|tok ''misikeke'' | |||
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|zòk | |||
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|tok ''soko'' | |||
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|gìjetesantakal | |||
|S is a procyonid in how it affects O | |||
|tok ''kijetesantakalu'' | |||
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|e.g. raccoon, coati, kinkajou, olingo | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:21, 1 April 2024
The words of kót wàwa, with most of the definitions filled in.
ním | mín | nát | biggest diff from tp | notes |
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li | (introduces a verb phrase and asserts that it's being done by the subject) | tok li | ||
lì | "S is done by something that also does O" | tok li | it can be used as a content word this way | |
mì | "S is me (at/to O)" | tok mi | You still have to say li when you use mi as the subject. e.g. li li dòk as rather than mi toki | |
e | (introduces an object of the main verb of the current verb phrase) | tok e | e is not needed if you're using an immediate object. | |
è | "S happens to O" | tok e | it can be used as a content word | |
àn | "S is the act of doing O" | Proto-Germanic -aną verb ending | acts as the intermediary for all positive pre-verb constructions | This is a pre-verb. It takes a whole verb phrase as its object. It has a noun form án. That also takes a verb phrase as its object and then acts as a reference to the process described by that verb phrase. |
na | closing particle for àn | kw àn | ||
dòk | "S says O" | tok toki | ||
nì | "S does this to O", "S is this to O" | tok ni | ||
bòn | "S is good to O" | tok pona | no need for tawa for O | |
à | "S is special (about O)" | tok a | a general-purpose end-of-sentence particle, that can describe content-words the way it describes sentences | |
jàn | "S is human (to O)" | tok jan | ||
zìna | "S is you (to O)" | tok sina | ||
la | in the context of S, O happens | tok la | ||
là | in the context of S, O happens | tok la | ||
lòn | S is at/in/on O | tok lon | ||
zòn | S knows O | tok sona | ||
mùt | S is many things (that do O) | tok mute | ||
dàu | S goes to O | tok tawa | ||
pi | tok pi | a word that groups together the words after it. The whole group is treated like a single word grammatically. The group runs until the end of the sentence, or the next "li", "e", "unu" or connective. | ||
ip | tok pi | a word that closes off a noun phrase or verb phrase. "pi" opens them and "ip" closes them. | ||
ìke | S is bad to O, S is complicated, S makes complications for O | tok ike | ||
dèm | S is a time, a time for O | tok tenpo | ||
zèm | What is S doing to O? | tok seme | this word is used to make questions | |
wìl | S wants O, S wants to do O | tok wile | ||
nɒ̀ | S is that to O | tok ona | ||
o | tok o | a vocative particle. e.g. "kál o!" can be used to call to a fish | ||
ò | S is you to O, and I want S's attention | tok o | ||
os | a connective version of òs. grammatically like li | tok o | o and os are separate words in kót wàwa | gentle imperative. os gàmní = please come here |
òs | S should do O | tok o | ||
gàm | S comes to O, S begins to do O, S increasingly does O | tok kama | ||
dàs | S is everything, despite O | tok taso | ||
mà | S is a land, the homeland of O | tok ma | ||
bìli | S feels/believes/thinks O | tok pilin | ||
lìli | S is small (in its effect on O) | tok lili | ||
mòk | S eats/drinks/consumes O | tok moku | ||
lùki | S looks O; S sees O | tok lukin | ||
dòm | S is a built structure that is the place for O to inhabit | tok tomo | ||
ìlo | S is a tool to do O | tok ilo | ||
bèke | S uses O | tok kepeken | ||
zìtel | S draws/writes, producing O | tok sitelen | ||
mùs | S amuses O | tok musi | ||
unu | S or O | tok anu | ||
jò | S holds/carries/has O | tok jo | ||
àle | S is every thing that does O | tok ale | ||
zàm | S is in some way the same as O | tok sama | ||
lùka | S handles/manipulates or points at O | tok luka | ||
gìn | S also happens/exists or is present, as well as O | tok kin | ||
en | S and O, (to be used within the subject or in a nominal sentence) | tok en | ||
èn | S does something that O does | tok en | ||
ànt | S is different to O in some way | tok ante | ||
bàna | S gives O (to someone/something) | tok pana | ||
ìjo | S happens to O | tok ijo | ||
làpe | S sleeps in a way that affects O (or prevents S affecting O) or in O's presence | tok lape | ||
dèlo | S is a liquid in a way that affects O | tok telo | e.g. S wets O, S washes O (via the idea of S acting via water) | |
zùn | S shines light on O | tok suno | ||
ə̀t | S is one thing in O's presence, from O's point-of-view | Peg System t "one" | from the Peg System of mnemonics, created by Harry Lorayne | |
zùl | S is big to O, in a way that affects O | tok suli | ||
bìn | S finishes O | tok pini | ||
àt | S has done O | en -ed, la -ata, vi đã | based on PIE -eh₂tos and the association it's created between d/t and past participles in daughter languages | |
nàsa | S is crazy in a way that affects O | tok nasa | ||
nàsi | S is a road to or a way to do O | tok nasin | nási-án can be used to describe the quality of being a particular type of thing e.g. nási-án jàn "humanness", "humanity" | |
lìp | S is a flat leaf-like thing that expresses information about O | tok lipu | ||
dò | S is the extent to which O exists/happens or is present. | zh 度 duò "measure" | e.g. tó-télo "amount of liquid", tó-án dùm-wás "number of birds" | |
làu | S is the head/controller/boss or O | tok lawa | ||
ə̀n | S is two things to O | Peg System n "two" | ||
màni | S is currency, or something easily traded, for O | tok mani | e.g. máni-jó "money", máni-án gèn "energy" | |
gàlam | S is a vibration/sound, made by O | tok kalama | ||
gùlup | S is a group/collection/set of things that do O | tok kulupu | ||
wàwa | S is strong at doing O | tok wawa | ||
zìn | S is new to O, in the ways that determine how S affects O | tok sin | ||
wɛ̀k | S is far away from O | tok weka | ||
mòl | S dies because of O | tok moli | ||
zìk | S is a circle or round thing, centered on O | tok sike | ||
bàkal | S is breaks O | tok pakala | ||
zòwel | S is a beast or a land mammal in its effect on O | tok soweli | more weakly means "animal" in general | |
zèwi | S is the top part of O or S is above O, or S is of the world that defines/describes O's nature (e.g. divine, logical) | tok sewi | ||
wèn | S remains/stays with/at O | tok awen | ||
ùtal | S fights/attacks O | tok utala | ||
bàn | S is a grain food or seeds of O | tok pan | ||
gòn | S is air/breath/spirit breathed by or enclosed within or permeating O | tok kon | ||
bɔk | S is a side of O | tok poka | ||
gò | S is a poweder/paste/gel of O | tok ko | ||
lèko | S is a brick/block/square of O | tok leko | ||
zìjel | S is the body of O | tok sijelo | ||
lìɲa | S is a line of O | tok linja | ||
bìmei | S is dark to O | tok pimeja | ||
bù | S interacts with the official Toki Pona book in order to do O, S does O via a method that's in accordance with the official Toki Pona book | tok pu | ||
zèli | S is hot/warm in a way that affects O | tok seli | ||
gùt | S listens to or hears O | tok kute | ||
gàs | S is a plant in how it affects O | tok kasi | ||
jàk | S is messy/dirty/disgusting in how it affects O | tok jaki | ||
ìns | tok insa | |||
zùwi | tok suwi | |||
lɛ̀t | tok lete | |||
gìl | tok kili | |||
ùta | tok uta | |||
gìwe | tok kiwen | |||
màma | tok mama | |||
òpe | tok open | |||
èsu | tok esun | |||
mèl | tok meli | |||
lùp | tok lupa | |||
bòki | tok poki | |||
mìje | tok mije | |||
ùmp | tok unpa | |||
mùn | tok mun | |||
mònsut | tok monsuta | |||
òlin | tok olin | |||
lèn | tok len | |||
nàmak | tok namak | |||
bàlis | tok palisa | |||
bìpi | tok pipi | |||
lòi | tok loje | |||
àmp | tok anpa | |||
gùle | tok kule | |||
wàlo | tok walo | |||
nɔ̀k | tok noka | |||
nèna | tok nena | |||
zɛ̀l | tok selo | |||
jèl | tok jelo | |||
zùp | tok supa | |||
gàl | tok kala | |||
làs | tok laso | |||
zìm | tok sinpin | |||
mù | tok mu | |||
dònsi | tok tonsi | |||
àkes | S is like a lizard or amphibian type of animal to O | tok akesi | ||
ɲà | tok nja | |||
wà | S is awe-inspiring or amazing to O | tok wa | ||
ŋʉ | closing particle for the pre-verb "ʉ̀ŋ" | kw an | ||
gìpis | S breaks O into more than one piece | tok kipisi | ||
àlas | S searches for O or hunts for O or tries to do O | tok alasa | ||
èpik | S is epic/fantastic or very influential on O | tok epiku | ||
mìsikek | S is medicine for O - to improve O's wellbeing | tok misikeke | ||
zòk | tok soko | |||
gìjetesantakal | S is a procyonid in how it affects O | tok kijetesantakalu | e.g. raccoon, coati, kinkajou, olingo |