| a | a | emphasis, emotion, or confirmation |
| akesi | akesi | non-cute animal; reptile, amphibian |
| ala | ala | no, not, zero |
| alasa | alasa | to hunt, forage |
| ale | ale | all; abundant, countless, bountiful, every, plentiful; 100 |
| apeja | apeja | guilt, shame, shun, stigma, disgrace; to accuse, expose, dishonor |
| anpa | anpa | bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent |
| ante | ante | different, altered, changed, other |
| anu | anu | or |
| awen | awen | enduring, kept, protected, safe, waiting, staying; to continue to |
| e | e | (marks direct object) |
| en | en | (marks multiple subjects) |
| epiku | epiku | epic |
| esun | esun | market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transation |
| ijo | ijo | thing, phenomenon, object, matter |
| ike | ike | bad, negative; non-essential, irrelevant |
| ilo | ilo | tool, implement, machine, device |
| insa | insa | center, content, inside, between; internal organ |
| jaki | jaki | disgusting, obscene, sickly, toxic, unclean, unsanitary |
| jan | jan | human being, person, somebody |
| jasima | jasima | reflect |
| jelo | jelo | yellow, yellowish |
| jo | jo | to have, carry, contain, hold |
| kala | kala | fish, marine animal, sea creature |
| kalama | kalama | to produce sound; recite, utter aloud |
| kama | kama | arriving, coming, future, summoned; to become, manage to, succeed in |
| kasi | kasi | plant, vegetation; herb, leaf |
| ken | ken | to be able to, be allowed to, can, may; possible |
| kepeken | kepeken | to use, with, by means of |
| kijetesantakalu | kijetesantakalu | raccoon dog |
| kiki | kiki | spiky, sharp; angle, point; triangular |
| kili | kili | fruit, vegetable |
| kin | kin | also, too |
| kipisi | kipisi | split, slice, cut, divide, chop; division, segment, section |
| kiwen | kiwen | hard object, metal, rock, stone |
| ko | ko | clay, clinging form, dough, semi-solid, paste, powder |
| kokosila | kokosila | speak another language in a Toki Pona environment |
| kon | kon | air, breath; essence, spirit; hidden reality, unseen agent |
| ku | ku | common, accepted, agreed upon; interact with the Toki Pona Dictionary |
| kule | kule | colorful, pigmented, painted |
| kulupu | kulupu | community, company, group, nation, society, tribe |
| kute | kute | ear; to hear, listen; pay attention to, obey |
| la | la | (marks the separation of context phrase and main sequence) |
| lanpan | lanpan | steal, seize |
| lape | lape | sleeping, resting |
| laso | laso | blue, green |
| lawa | lawa | head, mind; to control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, regulate, rule |
| leko | leko | square, cube, block |
| len | len | cloth, clothing, fabric, textile; cover, layer of privacy |
| lete | lete | cold, cool; uncooked, raw |
| li | li | (marks subject or new verb, not used with mi/sina) |
| lili | lili | little, small, short; few; a bit; young |
| linja | linja | long and flexible thing; cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn |
| linluwi | linluwi | network, internet, virtual, web, connection, digital, net |
| lipu | lipu | flat object; book, document, card, paper, record, website |
| loje | loje | red, reddish |
| lon | lon | located at, present at; real, true, existing |
| luka | luka | arm, hand, tactile organ; five |
| lukin | lukin | eye; look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch; to seek, look for, try to |
| lupa | lupa | door, hole, orifice, window |
| ma | ma | earth, land; outdoors, world; country, territory; soil |
| majuna | majuna | old, ancient |
| mama | mama | parent, ancestor; creator, originator; caretaker, sustainer |
| mani | mani | money, cash, savings, wealth; large domesticated animal |
| meli | meli | woman, female, feminine person; wife |
| meso | meso | average, moderate, medium, intermediate |
| mi | mi | I, me, we, us |
| mije | mije | man, male, masculine person; husband |
| misikeke | misikeke | medication, medicine |
| moku | moku | to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest |
| moli | moli | dead, dying |
| monsi | monsi | back, behind, rear |
| monsuta | monsuta | fear, monster, horror; scary |
| mu | mu | (animal noise or communication) |
| mun | mun | moon, night sky object, star |
| musi | musi | artistic, entertaining, frivolous, playful, recreational |
| mute | mute | many, a lot, more, much, several, very; quantity |
| n | n | um, hmm |
| namako | namako | spice, adornment; extra, additional |
| nanpa | nanpa | number; (ordinal marker) |
| nasa | nasa | unusual, strange; drunk, intoxicated |
| nasin | nasin | way, custom, doctrine, method, path, road |
| nena | nena | bump, button, hill, mountain, nose, protuberance |
| ni | ni | that, this |
| nimi | nimi | name, word |
| noka | noka | foot, leg, organ of locomotion; bottom, lower part |
| o | o | hey! (vocative or imperative) |
| oko | oko | eye |
| olin | olin | to love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to |
| ona | ona | he, she, it, they |
| open | open | to begin, start; open; turn on |
| owe | owe | totalitarian, Orwellian |
| pakala | pakala | botched, broken, damaged, harmed, messed up |
| pake | pake | stop, cease, halt; to block the way, to interrupt; to prevent |
| pali | pali | to do, take action on, work on; build, make, prepare |
| palisa | palisa | long hard thing; branch, rod, stick |
| pan | pan | cereal, grain; barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat; bread, pasta |
| pana | pana | to give, send, emit, provide, put, release |
| pi | pi | of; (marks term context group) |
| pilin | pilin | heart (physical or emotional); feeling; an emotion, direct experience |
| pimeja | pimeja | black, dark, unlit |
| pini | pini | ago, completed, ended, finished, past |
| pipi | pipi | bug, insect, ant, spider |
| poka | poka | hip, side; next to, nearby, vicinity |
| poki | poki | container, bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel |
| pona | pona | good, positive, useful; friendly, peaceful; simple |
| powe | powe | unreal, false, untrue; pretend; deceive, trick |
| pu | pu | proper, orthodox; interacting with the official Toki Pona book |
| sama | sama | same, similar; each other; sibling, peer, fellow; as, like |
| seli | seli | fire; cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source |
| selo | selo | outer form, outer layer; bark, peel, shell, skin; boundary |
| seme | seme | what, which |
| sewi1 | sewi | above, highest part, elevated; awe-inspiring, divine, sacred, supernatural |
| sijelo | sijelo | body (of person or animal), physical state, torso |
| sike | sike | round or circular thing; ball, circle, cycle, sphere, wheel; of one year |
| sin | sin | new, fresh; additional, another, extra |
| sina | sina | you |
| sinpin | sinpin | face, foremost, front, wall |
| sitelen | sitelen | image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing |
| soko | soko | mushroom, fungus |
| sona | sona | knowledge; to know, be skilled in, have information; to know how to |
| soweli | soweli | animal, beast, land mammal |
| su | su | interacting with a book from the illustrated story book series |
| suli | suli | big, heavy, large, long, tall; important; adult |
| suno | suno | sun; light, brightness, glow, radiance, shine; light source |
| supa | supa | horizontal surface, thing to put or rest something on |
| suwi | suwi | sweet, fragrant; cute, innocent, adorable |
| tan | tan | by, from, because of |
| taso | taso | but, however; only |
| tawa | tawa | going to, toward; for; from the perspective of; moving |
| te | te | (opens a quote) |
| telo | telo | water, liquid, fluit, wet substance; beverage |
| tenpo1 | tenpo | time, duration, moment, occation, period, situation |
| to | to | (closes a quote) |
| toki | toki | to communicate, say, speak, talk, use language, think |
| tomo | tomo | indoor space; building, home, house, room |
| tonsi | tonsi | non-binary person |
| tu | tu | two |
| unpa | unpa | sex |
| uta1 | uta | mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw |
| utala | utala | battle, challenge, fight |
| wa | wa | wow! |
| walo | walo | white, whitish; light-colored, pale |
| wan | wan | unique, united; one |
| waso | waso | bird, flying creature, winged animal |
| wawa | wawa | strong, powerful; confident, sure; energetic, intense |
| weka | weka | absent, away, ignored |
| wile | wile | must, need, require, should, want, wish |