toki a! nimi pi kulupu mi li kulupu telo mun anu “Kutemu.” nimi pi mi taso li kala suno Niamh. mi pali e tokiponido “toki pi kalama ante” TPKA. mi en waso laso Alisanosaka li pali e nimi sin “eliki” kin. mi tan kulupu Salaki lon nena laso. mi toki Salaki kin. toki lili mi li Kituwa.
—
Hello! Our system name is the Nebulae System [star sea] my name specifically is kala suno Niamh. I created the tokiponido “toki pi kalama ante” [abbreviated as TPKA.] waso laso Alisanosaka and I also created the nimisin “eliki.” I am from the Tsalagi tribe located at the blue mountains [Great Smoky Mountains.] I speak the Tsalagi language as well. My dialect is Kituwah.
PARTICLE
(emphasis, emotion or confirmation)
<strong>usage:</strong> I use this almost exclusively to express excitement or add [positive] emotion to my staments; whereas <em>kin</em> expresses more of a consideration, thinking, taking time to gather my thoughts, or recognition of shared experiences.
CONTENT
<em>herpetofauna</em> - reptiles, amphibians
PARTICLE · CONTENT · NUMBER
no, not, zero; nothing
CONTENT · PREVERB
to hunt, forage, seek | ALT (pv.) try to, attempt
<strong>usage:</strong> I use this as a preverb to mean “<em>try to, attempt</em>” instead of <em>lukin</em>
CONTENT · NUMBER
all; abundant, countless, bountiful, every, plentiful; abundance, everything, life, universe; one hundred
CONTENT
bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent | ALT lower part, under, below, floor, beneath; low, lower, bottom, down
CONTENT
different, altered, changed, other
PARTICLE
or
CONTENT · PREVERB
enduring, kept, protected, safe, waiting, staying; (pv.) to continue to, to keep
CONTENT
(before the direct object)
CONTENT
distress, affliction, adversity, pain <- Tsalagi <em>ehisdi</em> ‘pain, distress’
<strong>usage:</strong> I created this to refer to my own chronic pain and illness, as well as the effects of systemic oppression.
PARTICLE
(between multiple subjects)
CONTENT
epic, cool, awesome, amazing (interjection)
CONTENT
market, shop, fair, bazaar, business transaction
CONTENT
thing, phenomenon, object, matter
CONTENT
bad, negative; non-essential, irrelevant
CONTENT
tool, implement, machine, device
CONTENT
centre, content, inside, between; internal organ, stomach
CONTENT
disgusting, obscene, sickly, toxic, unclean, unsanitary
CONTENT
human being, person, somebody
<strong>usage:</strong> I dislike using this word, but do use it regularly
CONTENT
yellow, yellowish
CONTENT
fish, marine animal, sea creature
CONTENT
to produce a sound; recite, utter aloud
CONTENT · PREVERB
arriving, coming, future, summoned; (pv.) to become, manage to, succeed in
CONTENT
plant, vegetation; herb, leaf
CONTENT
to be able to, be allowed to, can, may; possible
CONTENT
to use, with, by means of
<strong>usage:</strong> I do <em>not</em> use <em>kepeken</em> with the particle <em>e</em>
CONTENT
fruit, vegetable
PARTICLE · CONTENT
indeed, too, also, as well, (emphasis, emotion, or confirmation)
<strong>usage:</strong> I use this to expresses more of a consideration, thinking, taking time to gather my thoughts, or recognition of shared experiences; whereas the particle <em>a</em> I use almost exclusively to express excitement or add [positive] emotion to my statements.
CONTENT
hard object, metal, rock, stone
CONTENT
clay, clinging form, dough, semi-solid, paste, powder
CONTENT
air, breath; essence, spirit; hidden reality, unseen agent
<strong>usage:</strong> I use <em>kon</em> to refer to both living and non-living things as well as to mean <em>”ancestors, life, importance”</em>
CONTENT
colorful, pigmented, painted
<strong>additional usage:</strong> I use this to mean <em>spectrum, diverse, queer</em>
CONTENT
community, company, group, nation, society, tribe
<strong>usage:</strong> I refer to both my Tribe and our system as <em>kulupu</em>
CONTENT
ear; to hear, listen; pay attention to, obey
PARTICLE
(between the context phrase and the main sentence)
CONTENT
sleeping, resting
<strong>usage:</strong> I use this to refer to both sleeping and resting while awake, as well as non-traditional forms of rest. <em>self care is lape</em>
CONTENT
blue, green
<strong>usage:</strong> I use this to refer to <em>all cool colors towards green.</em> Check the <em>color system</em> heading for more information
CONTENT
head, mind; to control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, regulate, rule
CONTENT
cloth, clothing, fabric, textile; cover, layer of privacy
CONTENT
cold, cool; uncooked, raw
PARTICLE
(between any subject except mi alone or sina alone and its verb; also to introduce a new verb for the same subject)
CONTENT
little, small, short; few; a bit; young
CONTENT
long and flexible thing; cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn | ALT line, connection
CONTENT
flat object; book, document, card, paper, record, website
CONTENT
red, reddish
<strong>usage:</strong> I use this to refer to <em>all warm colors towards magenta.</em> Check the <em>color system</em> heading for more information.
CONTENT · PREPOSITION
located at, present at, real, true, existing
CONTENT · NUMBER
arm, hand, tactile organ; five
CONTENT
eye; look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch
<strong>usage:</strong> I do not use as preverb “try to” and instead attribute it to <em>alasa</em>
CONTENT
door, hole, orifice, window
CONTENT
earth, land; outdoors, world; country, territory; soil
CONTENT
parent, originator; caretaker, sustainer
<strong>usage:</strong> I do <em>not</em> use the common definition’s inclusion of “ancestor” and “creator,” in this word, and instead attribute those to <em>kon, sama, sewi, pali</em> depending on context.
CONTENT
money, cash, savings, wealth
I prefer not to use this
CONTENT
woman, feminine person; wife
<strong>usage:</strong> I rarely use this word and only use it when requested by others to refer to them.
CONTENT
I, me, we, us
CONTENT
man, masculine person; husband
<strong>usage:</strong> I rarely use this word and only use it when requested by others to refer to them.
CONTENT
medicine, medical
CONTENT
to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest
<strong>additional usage:</strong> I use this to mean “absorb.” <em>len li moku e telo</em>
CONTENT
dead, dying
<strong>additional usage:</strong> I use this to mean <em>death, kill, killing</em>
CONTENT
back, behind, rear
CONTENT
fear, dread; monster, predator; threat, danger
CONTENT
(animal noise or communication) | ALT (non-speech vocalization)
<strong>usage:</strong> I am a sound and origin rebel; <em>a plate shattering is mu</em>
CONTENT
moon, night sky object, star
<strong>usage:</strong> this is part of our toki pona system name <em>kulupu telo mun</em> which we use to say <em>star sea system</em> and mean Nebulae System
CONTENT
artistic, entertaining, frivolous, playful, recreation
CONTENT
many, a lot, more, much, several, very; quantity
PARTICLE
umm, mmm, hmm (indicates thinking, pondering, recognition, agreement, or humming)
CONTENT
embellishment, spice; extra, additional
CONTENT
-th (ordinal number); numbers
CONTENT
unusual, strange; silly; drunk, intoxicated
CONTENT
way, custom, doctrine, method, path, road
CONTENT
bump, button, hill, mountain, nose, protuberance
CONTENT
that, this
CONTENT
name, word
CONTENT
foot, leg, organ of locomotion; bottom, lower part
PARTICLE
hey! O! (vocative or imperative)
CONTENT
love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to
CONTENT
he, she, it, they
CONTENT · PREVERB
begin, start; open; turn on
<strong>additional usage:</strong> I use this as a preverb to mean “to start”
CONTENT
botched, broken, damaged, harmed, messed up | ALT (curse expletive, e.g. fuck!)
CONTENT
do, take action on, work on; build, make, prepare
CONTENT
long hard thing; branch, rod, stick
CONTENT
cereal, grain; barley, corn, oat, rice, wheat; bread, pasta
CONTENT
give, send, emit, provide, put, release
PARTICLE
(used to divide a second noun group that describes a first noun group)
CONTENT
heart (physical or emotional); feeling (an emotion, a direct experience)
CONTENT
black, dark, unlit
CONTENT · PREVERB
ago, completed, ended, finished, past
<strong>additional usage:</strong> I use this a preverb to mean “to stop”
CONTENT
bug, insect, ant, spider
<strong>usage:</strong> I use this to refer to true bugs, insects, and arthropods equally
CONTENT
hip, side; next to, nearby, vicinity | ALT along with (comitative), beside
CONTENT
container, bag, bowl, box, cup, cupboard, drawer, vessel
<strong>additional usage:</strong> I use this instead of <em>jo</em> to mean <em>to have, contain, carry, hold</em>
CONTENT
good, positive, useful; friendly, peaceful; simple
CONTENT
interacting with the official Toki Pona book
CONTENT · PREPOSITION
same, similar; each other; sibling, peer, fellow; as, like
<strong>additional usage:</strong> I use this to refer to everyone I am fairly close to, the same way I may call non-related people <em>cuz, cousin</em> or <em>auntie, uncle</em>
CONTENT
fire; cooking element, chemical reaction, heat source
CONTENT
outer form, outer layer; bark, peel, shell, skin; boundary
CONTENT
what? which? huh?
CONTENT
area above, highest part, something elevated; awe-inspiring, divine, sacred, supernatural
<strong>additional usage:</strong> I also use this to mean <em>god, gods,</em> and <em>Creator</em>
CONTENT
body (of person or animal), physical state, torso
CONTENT
round or circular thing; ball, circle, cycle, sphere, wheel; of one year
CONTENT
new, fresh
CONTENT
you
CONTENT
face, foremost, front, wall
CONTENT
image, picture, representation, symbol, mark, writing
CONTENT
fungus, fungi
CONTENT · PREVERB
know, be skilled in, be wise about, have information on; (pv.) know how to
CONTENT
animal, beast, land mammal
CONTENT
big, heavy, large, long, tall; important; adult
CONTENT
sun; light, brightness, glow, radiance, shine; light source
<strong>usage:</strong> this is part of my name, <em>kala suno</em> which I use to mean <em>radiant sea creature</em> but people usually call me sunfish
CONTENT
horizontal surface, thing to put or rest something on
CONTENT
sweet, fragrant; cute, innocent, adorable
CONTENT · PREPOSITION
by, from, because of; origin, cause
PARTICLE · CONTENT
but, however; only
CONTENT · PREPOSITION · PREVERB
going to, toward; for; from the perspective of; moving
<strong>additional usage:</strong> I use this as a preverb to mean <em>going to</em>
CONTENT
water, liquid, fluid, wet substance; beverages
CONTENT
time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation
CONTENT
communicate, say, speak, talk, use language, think; hello
CONTENT
indoor space; building, home, house, room
CONTENT
non-binary, gender-non-conforming, trans, non-cisgender, intersex, cisn’t
CONTENT · NUMBER
two
CONTENT
have sexual relations with
CONTENT
purple
<strong>usage</strong> I use this to refer to <em>all cool colors towards magenta.</em> Check the <em>color system</em> heading for more information*
CONTENT
mouth, lips, oral cavity, jaw
CONTENT
battle, challenge, compete against, struggle against
CONTENT
white, whitish; light-coloured, pale
CONTENT · NUMBER
unique, united; one
CONTENT
bird, flying creature, winged animal
CONTENT
strong, powerful; confident, sure; energetic, intense
CONTENT
absent, away, ignored
<strong>additional usage:</strong> remove, separate, vanish, abandon
CONTENT · PREVERB
must, need, require, should, want, wish