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This list was 'reverse engineered' from the official TP to English word list plus definitions in the on line TP lessons. The abreviation following each word indicates whether the word is a noun, verb, modifier, or noun adjective combination.

 

ability n ken

able to vi ken

above n sewi

absence n weka

absent mod weka

accident n pakala

act vi pali

active mod pali

activity n pali

adult n/adj jan suli

adventure v/mod pali suli

ago mod pini

air n kon

airplane n/adj tomo tawa kon

all mod ale, ali

allow vt ken

also mod kin

area (outdoor) n ma

alter vt ante

amphibian n akesi

amount n mute

amuse vt musi

and conj en

animal n soweli

another mod sin

ante contr or else

anybody n jan

anything n ale, ali, ijo

argument n utala

arm n luka

arrival n kama

arrive vi kama

art n musi

artful mod musi

as prep sama

attack n, vt utala

auditory mod kute

awake vi lon

away mod weka

back n, mod monsi

bad mod, n ike, vt to make bad, vi to be bad

ball n sike

bark n selo

bathroom n/adj  tomo telo

battle n utala

be vi lon (to be in, at, on)

be prep lon (in, at, on)

beach n/adj poka telo

because of prep tan

become vi kama

bed n ape selo

beer n/adj telo nasa

beginning n kama

behind n monsi

being n jan

belonging to sep pi

below n anpa

beneath n anpa

big mod suli

bird n waso

black mod pimeja

blue mod lasso

blunder n pakala

boat n/adj tomo tawa telo

body n  sijelo

botch vt pakala

bottom n anpa

bowl n poki

box n poki

branch n palisa

break n pan

break vt pakala

bring about vt kama

bug n pipi

build vt pali

building n tomo

bump n nena

but conj taso

butt n monsi

button n nena

by prep tan

can vi ken

candy n suwi

car n/adj tomo tawa

card n lipu

capital n mani

catergorize v/mod lon poki

cause vt pana

cause n tan

center n insa

cereal n pan

chain n linja

chair n supa

chance n kama

change vt ante

chat vi toki

chest n sinpin

child n/adj jan lili

chill vt lete

circle n sike

close vt pini

cloth n len

clothing n len

cold n, mod lete

color n/vt kule

colorful mod kule

coming mod kama

communal mod kulupu

communicate vi toki

communication n toki

community n kulupu

company n kulupu

compete against vt utala

competition n utala

complete mod ale, ali

completed mod pini

computer n/mod ilo sona

confident mod wawa

conflict n utala

consume vt moku

contain vt jo

container n poki

control vt lawa

cook vt seli

cooked mod seli

cool interj pona

cool down vt lete

cord n linja

correct mod pona

country n ma

crazy mod nasa

create vt pali

cup n poki

currency n mani

custom n nasin

cut vt tu

cute mod suwi

cute animal noise n mu

cycle n sike

cyclical mod sike

damage n, vt pakala

damn interj pakala

dark mod pimeja

darken vt pimeja

darkness n pimeja

dead vi, mod moli

deadly mod moli

death n moli

deed n pali

delicious n/adj pona moku

desire n wile

destruction n pakala

device n ilo

die vi moli

difference n ante

different mod ante

dirt n jaki

dirty mod, vt jaki

disharmony n utala

displace vt tawa

divide in two vt tu

do vt pali

doctrine n nasin

dollar n mani

domestic mod tomo

done mod pini

door n lupa

double vt tu

down mod anpa

draw vt sitelen

drink vt moku

drive crazy vt nasa

drunk mod nasa

duo n tu

duration n tenpo

earth n ma

east - poka pi kama suno

eat vt moku

element n wan

elevated mod sewi

emit vt pana

emotion n pilin

empower vt wawa

enable vt ken

end n pini

enemy n/adj jan ike

energetic mod wawa

energize vt wawa

energy n wawa

enlarge vt suli

entertain vt musi

entertainment n musi

equal mod sama

erotic mod unpa

ethereal mod kon

even mod kin

event n kama   

every mod ale, ali

everything n ale, ali

evil mod, n ike

exchange n pana

exist vi lon

eye n oko

fabric n len

face n sinpin

fall v/mod kama anpa

fatal mod moli

father n mama

fear v/mod pilin ike

feel v pilin

feelings n pilin

female n, mod meli

fence n sinpin (wall)

few mod lili

fierce mod wawa

fight n utala

filthy mod jaki

finish vt pini

finished mod pini

fire n seli

fish n kala

fix vt pona

flashlight n/adj  ilo suno

floor n anpa

floor n supa

food n moku

foolish mod nasa

foot n noka

for prep tawa

forest n/adj ma kasi

formal mod sewi

fresh mod sin

freshen vt sin

friend n/adj jan pona

from prep tan

front n sinpin

fruit n kili

fun n, mod, vi musi

function vi pali

furniture n supa

future mod kama

game n musi

garbage n jaki

gaseous mod kon

geology n ma sona

get kama jo (kama + infinitive)

get rid of vt weka

girl n meli lili

give vt pala

giving n pala

glass n poki

God n/adj jan sewi

good n, mod, interj pona

go to vi tawa

grain n pan

grass n/adj kasi anpa

great interj pona

gross mod jaki

group n kulupu

gum n ko

hair n linja

hand n luka

happen vi kama

happening n kama

happy n pilin pona

happy birthday - ni li tenpo suno pona sina

hard mod kiwen

have vt jo

have to vt wile

having n jo

he n ona

head n lawa

hear vt kute

hearing mod kute

heart n pilin

heat n, vt seli

hello interj toki

help v/mod pana e pona

her mod ona

hey interj o

hi interj toki

high n sewi

hill n nena

hip n poka

his mod ona

hit vt utala

hole n lupa

home n tomo

horizontal surface n supa

hot vt seli

house n tomo

household mod tomo

how - nasin seme (what way)

human n, mod jan

humanize vt jan

husband n mije

I n mi

image n sitelen

important mod suli

improve vt pona

indoor constructed space n tomo

injest vt moku

injure vt pakala

inner mod insa

in order to prep tawa

insect n pipi

inside n insa

intelligence n sona

intense mod wawa

internal mod insa

internet n/mod ilo sona kulupu

it n ona

its mod ona

juice n telo

keep vt awen

kill vt moli

know vt, vi sona

know how to vt sona

knowledge n sona

land n ma

language n toki

lead vt lawa

leader n/adj jan lawa

lengthen vt suli

learn v kama sona

leading mod lawa

leaf n lipu kasi

leave vi tawa

left mod luka ike

leg n noka

less mod lili

lessen vt lili

light color mod walo

lightness n walo

light green mod jelo

like prep sama

listen vt kute

little mod lili

life n ale, ali

light n suno

liquid n telo

long mod suli

look at vt lukin

love n, vt, mod olin (a person not a thing)

low mod anpa

lunar mod mun

machine n ilo

main mod lawa

make vt pali

make good vt pona

male n, mod mije

mammal n soweli

man n mije

manage to vi kama

manner n nasin

many mod mute

maybe v/separator ken la

meal n moku

meat n soweli

metal n kiwen

method n nasin

mind n lawa

mineral n kiwen

missing mod weka

mobile mod tawa

modify vt ante

moment n tenpo

money n mani

moon n mun

more mod mute

more mod sin

mother n mama

mountain n nesa

mouth n uta

move vi, vt tawa

movement n tawa

moving mod tawa

much mod mute

must vt wile

my mod mi

name n nimi

necessary mod wile

need vt, n wile

negative mod ike

neighboring mod poka

new mod sin

next to n poka

nice mod pona

no mod ala

noise n, vi kalama

none mod ala

nose n nesa

not mod ala

nothing n ala

number n nampa

numerous mod mute

object n ijo

obtain kama jo

of sep pi

OK interj pona

on n sewi

one mod wan

only mod taso

open vt open

operating mod pali

or conj anu

oral mod uta

orifice n lupa

origin n tan

otherwise cont ante

our mod mi

outside n selo

over n sewi

paint n/vt kule

pair n tu

paper n lipu

parent n mama

past mod pini

pasta n pan

paste n ko

part n wan

particle n wan

path n nasin

people n jan, kulupu

permanent mod awen

period of time n tenpo

permission n ken

permit vt ken

person n jan

personalize vt jan

personify vt jan

personal mod jan

physical state n sijelo

picture n sitelen

piece n wan

pillow n supa

place vt pana

plant n kasi

play vi musi

playing n musi

peel n  selo

pollute vt jaki

pollution n jaki

positive mod pona

positivity n pona

possibility n ken

possible vi ken

powder n ko

power n wawa

pray v/mod toki sewi (say religiously)

present vi lon

pretty n/adj pona lukin

promise v/mod toki awen (say permanently)

project n pali

public mod kulupu

put vt pana

quantity n mute

read vt lukin

real vi lon

rear n, mod monsi

receive kama jo

recreation n musi

recreational mod musi

red mod loje

reduce vt lili

release vt pana

religious mod sewi

remaining mod awen

remove vt weka

reptile n akesi

remain vi awen

renew vt sin

renovate vt sin

repair vt pona

rest vi lape

restaurant n moku tomo

rice n pan

right mod pona

road n nasin

rock n kiwen

rod n palisa

room n tomo

rope n linja

round mod sike

ruin vt pakala

rule vt lawa

sailboat n/adj tomo tawa telo kon

same mod sama

sauce n telo

say vt toki

seem prep sama

sense vt pilin

send vt pana

separate vt tu

several mod mute

sex n, vi, vt unpa

sexual mod unpa

sexuality n unpa

shadows n pimeja

shape n selo

shared mod kulupu

she n ona

shell n selo

shorten vt lili

should vt wile

shrink vt lili

side n poka

silly mod nasa

similar mod sama

simple m pona

since prep tan

simplicity n pona

situation n tenpo

size n suli

skin n selo

sleep vi lape

sleeping mod lape

small mod lili

smell n kon

smile - pali e sinpin pona

society n kulupu

soldier n/adj jan utala

sole mod taso

solid mod kiwen

somebody n jan

something n ijo, of something mod ijo

sound n, vt kalama

soul n kon

speach n toki

sphere n sike

spider n pipi

square - selo pi poka tu tu

stairs n/mod nasin pi supa mute

start to vi kama

stationary mod awen

stay vi awen

steer vt lawa

stick n palisa

stomach n insa

stone n kiwen

strange mod nasa

strength n wawa

strengthen vt wawa

strike vt utala

string n linja

strong mod wawa

study v kama sona

stuff n ijo

stupid mod nasa

summon vt kama

sun n suno

superior mod sewi

sure mod wawa

surface n selo

swallow vt moku

swamp n/adj ma telo

sweet n, mod suwi

sweeten vt suwi

system n nasin

take kama jo

tall mod suli

talk vi toki

talking n, mod toki

teach v pana sona

thanks interj pona

that mod ni

their mod ona

they n ona

they n/adj ona mute

think vt pilin

this mod ni

throw away vt weka

ticket n lipu

time n tenpo

tip n pini

to prep tawa

too mod kin

tool n ilo

top n sewi

torso n sinpin

touch vt pilin

towards prep tawa

town n/adj ma tomo

transportation n tawa

transfer n pana

travel vi tawa

tree n kasi

true vi lon

try to v/mod kama lon

turn off vt pini

turn on vt open

two mod tu

ugly n/adj ike lukin

uncooked mod lete

under n anpa

understand vt, vi sona

understanding n sona

universe n ale, ali

unit n wan

unite vt wan

until prep tawa

up n sewi

urban mod tomo

us n/adj mi mute

use vt kepeken

vehicle n tomo tawa

vegetable n kili

verbal mod toki

very mod mute

violence n utala

voice n kalama

wait vi awen

walk vi tawa

wall n sinpin

war n utala

warm mod seli

want vt wile

warmth n seli

wash vt telo

watch vt lukin

water n, vt telo

way n nasin

we n mi

wealth n mani

weird mod nasa

west - poka pi weka suno

what oth seme

wheel n sike

when mod seme tempo

which oth seme

white mod walo

white thing n walo

whiteness n walo

who jan seme

whole mod ale, ali

wife n meli

will vt, n wile

wind n kon

window n lupa

wisdom n sona

wish vt wile

with prep kepeken

with prep poka

woman n meli   

wood n kasi

word n nimi

work n, vi pali

working mod pali

worsen vt ike

write vt sitelen

wrong mod ike

yay interj pona

yellow mod jelo

you n sina

your mod sina

yuck interj jaki

zero n ala

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Possible additions

 

alcohol - crazy + water - nasa telo

bed - sleep + surface - ape selo

car - tomo tawa

friend - good + person - pona jan

geology - earth + knowledge - ma sona

get - kama jo

girl - little + woman - lili meli

happy - feel + good - pilin pona

restaurant - food + house - moku tomo

teach - give + knowledge - pana sona

when? - what + time? - seme tenpo

 

beach - poka telo

delicious - pona moku

forest - ma kasi

grass - kasi anpa

leaf - lipu kasi

maybe - ken la

mermaid - jan kala

monster - akesi

tasty - pona moku

tree - kasi suli