waso mu
@waso-mu
sona
ni li nasin mi pi toki pona
nimi (72)
a
PARTICLE · OTHER
Emphasises statement; Intj. Ah! Ha! Oh.
akesi
CONTENT
Amphibious, thing resembling a lizard, hairless critter
Doesn’t have to be ‘alive’ and doesn’t follow taxonomy
ala
PARTICLE · CONTENT · NUMBER
No, none; zero; used in forming questions
alasa
CONTENT · PREVERB
Hunt, attempt, journey; PV. attempt to, try to
I use this instead lukin as try to
ale
CONTENT · NUMBER
Everything, all, every; best, most
anpa
CONTENT
under, low; unholy; humble, defeat
ante
CONTENT
changing, different, other
anu
PARTICLE · CONTENT
Or (used in questions); choose, decision
Note that I rarely use the content word version
awen
CONTENT · PREVERB
Stay, remain, keep; PV. continue
e
PARTICLE
Introduces a new direct object
en
PARTICLE
Introduces a new subject
esun
CONTENT
Trade, exchange; place of trade, market
ijo
CONTENT
anything and everything, filler word
Can refer to actions as well as animate things
insa
CONTENT
Core, middle, inside; heart, organ, internal part
jaki
CONTENT
Mess, distruption, lots of stuff at once; gross, disease
Something that is very stimulating can be described as jaki
jan
CONTENT
Two legged creature, anthropomorphic
I avoid use of jan in my nasin, I still occasionally use it, but I feel the word is too specific
jelo
CONTENT
Orange, yellow, lime
I often don’t use colour words
kala
CONTENT
Aquatic, thing resembling a fish
Doesn’t have to be ‘alive’ and doesn’t follow taxonomy
kalama
CONTENT
Sound, noise, music
kama
CONTENT · PREVERB
Arrive, enter a new state; PV. become
kasi
CONTENT
Stationary growing thing, branching thing, thing resembling a plant
Doesn’t have to be ‘alive’ and doesn’t follow taxonomy
ken
CONTENT · PREVERB
Ability, capability, allow; PV. able to, can
kepeken
CONTENT · PREPOSITION
Use; Prep. by means of, using
Doesn’t get much use as a content word because of ilo and nasin
kijetesantakalu
CONTENT
Scrunkly critter, something resembling a racoon
Doesn’t have to be ‘alive’ and doesn’t follow taxonomy
kili
CONTENT
Fruit, vegetable; offspring, product
kin
PARTICLE · CONTENT · OTHER
Among other things, also, in addition to
I attempt to avoid use of kin, and opt for sama a lot of the time instead
kiwen
CONTENT
Hard substance
ko
CONTENT
Partially non-solid, clinging form
kon
CONTENT
Gas, atmosphere; concept, idea, context
kule
CONTENT
Colour, colourful, rainbow; type, taste
kulupu
CONTENT
Group, society, collection, gathering
kute
CONTENT
Ear, hearing thing, listen
la
PARTICLE
Placed after context phrase
lape
CONTENT
Rest, sleep, removal to regain strength
laso
CONTENT
Blue, green
I often don’t use colour words
lawa
CONTENT
Head, brain, control center; lead, decide, manage
leko
CONTENT
Square, cubic; angled object
len
CONTENT
Concealment, hide; clothes, cloth
lete
CONTENT
Cold, chilly, raw
li
PARTICLE
Introduces a new predicate
lili
CONTENT
Small, short, thin; young; unimportant
linja
CONTENT
Rope, line, string, wire
lipu
CONTENT
Paper, sheet, document
loje
CONTENT
Red, magenta
I often don’t use colour words
lon
CONTENT · PREPOSITION
Exist, present; Prep. located at, about
luka
CONTENT
Hand, arm, grabbing and tool using thing
lukin
CONTENT
Eye, looking thing, view
I do not use lukin as a preverb
lupa
CONTENT
Hole, inward dent, cave
ma
CONTENT
Place, land; earth, dirt
mama
CONTENT
Parent; caring creator
mani
CONTENT
Thing of value, collectable thing, money
mi
CONTENT
I, me, myself
moku
CONTENT
Fuel, edible, consume
moli
CONTENT
Permanent end, death
monsi
CONTENT
Backside, behind; back, spine, ass, tail
monsuta
CONTENT
Scary, fear; monster
I jump between using and not using this word
mu
CONTENT
Intentful sound, vocalisation
mun
CONTENT
Celestial body, orbiting thing, satellite
musi
CONTENT
Entertainment
mute
CONTENT · NUMBER
Several, many; amount; split, duplicate, make several of
nanpa
PARTICLE · CONTENT
Number; introduces ordinal numbers
nasin
CONTENT
Method, way, path
nena
CONTENT
Bump, hill, mountain, outward dent
ni
CONTENT
This, that
nimi
CONTENT
Name, label, identifier, word
noka
CONTENT
Leg, locamotive part; Lower area, base
o
PARTICLE · OTHER
Introduces an imperative predicate; Intj. Hey! Oi!
olin
CONTENT
Deep and caring relationship, love
ona
CONTENT
They, them, themself, it, itself
open
CONTENT
Begin, start; turned on
nasa
CONTENT
Odd, abnormal, unexpected, confusing, complex
n
OTHER
Intj. Hmm, hngh, huh