Lexicon.md

Lexicon

The "origin" is merely a mnemonic hint to better learn the vocabulary.

Personal pronouns/Demonstratives

tikap	meaning	origin
pai	1
taa	2
tapai	inclusive
kia	3.proximal
kika	3.distal
kiki	3.absent

Classifiers

For an elaborate description see the grammar section on classifiers.

tikap	meaning	origin
kapa	big animal
pipi	small animal	toki pona: pipi
tipi	pair
titi	long
paa	flat
kap	container	en: cup / "paki" toki pona: poki
pata	food	patata
kaki	thing
kaa	stuff

Base verbs

tikap	meaning	origin
taki	talk, language	toki pona: toki
pakata	give a gift	haw: makana
ia/ai	perceive	en: ear, eye
tapitataa	ask learn think	toki pona: tawa sona (tapa tata, tapiatata)
ii	go	eo: iri
aa	ingest
aapii	give, take, share, put down, pick up
paki	hold, hug, care, nurture
kaita	affect
kipiki	use	toki pona: kepeken
kati	create, plant, cook
pipiti	use mouth

Adjectives/descriptive verbs

tikap	meaning	origin
kitap	written	arabic: kitab
kitii	fresh new
piapia	strong, confident	toki pona: wawa (puapua)
ttitit	annoying

      | hypothetical, future, parallel timeline, parallel universe |

titi | small, quiet | toki pona: lili kalapa | big, loud | toki pona: kalapa kikip | sharp, hard | kiki bouba papak | round, soft | kiki bouba

Nouns

tikap	meaning	origin
patata	root vegetable	taíno: batata
titikaka	body of water	lake titikaka
kapa	head, person, big animal
apaa	water
tapap	house, building	toki pona: tomo (tpamo tpapa)
tikap	a language called tikap	After coming up with the phonology I put all possible combinations of all five phonemes into google to see which has the fewest results. Tikap won.
tikap	a teacup	en: teacup
katit	cat	de: Katzi
pita	bread, grain
patipati	bird
katakata	fish

People/Kinship

tikap	meaning
itai	person
taa-itai	(your) friend
tiatia	person older than you
taa-tiatia	(your) parent, ancestor
tiitii	person about the same generation as you
taa-tiitii	(your) sibling
paipai	person younger than you
taa-paipai	(your) child
itia	stranger
taa-itia	(your) guest
patii	female person, woman, girl
taa-patii	(your) girlfriend
pipii	male person, man, boy
taa-pipii	(your) boyfriend
papia	third gender person
taa-papia	(your) girlfriend/boyfriend

Numbers

tikap	base 10	bijective base 12
pia	1	1
tia	2	2
kia	3	3
pita	5	5
tita	8	8
piapa	13	11
pitaka	21	19
tikapa	34	2A
pipatap	55	47
tipapat	89	75
kikakak	144	BC

Elements

element number | tikap | symbol 1 | papia | H 2 | tapii | He 3 | kapa | Li 4 | pipi| Be 5 | tiitia | B 6 | kiitii | C 7 | papataa | N 8 | tapatai | O 9 | kapatia | F 10 | pipatii | Ne 11 | tipata | Na 12 | kipati | Mg 13 | kataikia | Al 14 | tataikii | Si 15 | katakaa | P 16 | pitakai | S 17 | titakia | Cl 18 | kitakii | Ar 19 | pakaka | K 20 | takaki | Ca