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Table of Contents
Words to Know
Particles
| Word | Definition | Writing |
|---|---|---|
| anu anu | (connect phrases with ‘or’) | A capital letter “Y” with a wide top |
| seme seme | (request information) | A question mark |
Content Words
| Word | Definition | Writing |
|---|---|---|
| sijelo sijelo | body, torso | Like a wide chest: flat line on top, three lines to bottom from left, right, center |
| lawa lawa | head, mind, brain, control, plan, govern, lead | A head wearing a hat, bill facing to the right |
| sinpin sinpin | front, face, wall | The right half of a box with a dot to the right. Faces towards new writing! |
| luka luka | hand, arm, tactile limb | Hand outline with thumb and extended fingers |
| noka noka | foot, leg, locomotive limb | Foot facing to the right |
| selo selo | boundary, skin, bark, peel, outer layer | A table shape, but with four straight legs in two pairs nearer to the edges. |
| uta uta | mouth, lips, eating orifice | An open, smiling mouth with a dot beneath |
| lupa lupa | hole, door, window, orifice | A deep hole, curved at the bottom |
| monsi monsi | back, behind, rear | The left half of a box with a dot on the left. Faces towards old writing! |
| nena nena | bump, lump, extrusion, hill, mountain, nose | A tall hill |
| insa insa | inside, center, between, organ | The bottom half of a box with a dot in the center |
| ijo ijo | thing | Just a circle. A perfectly generic object. |
Overview
- answers to questions (ni li X ala X? X / X ala / ala)
Exercises
Toki Pona to English
English to Toki Pona