English to Furbish to toki pona ““dictionary””
today, i learned that Furbish is actually kinda a language?? after reading this post by @favoriteanimal and skimming this wiki page, i naturally decided to try to translate all the Furbish words and phrases into my beloved toki pona. oh boy was it a journey!
overall, i feel like toki pona is a much more flexible + efficient little language in comparison to Furbish. the main issue that irked me was the amount of unnecessary variations of the same concept, but made into 3 or more words! (i think this may just be the toki ponist in me.) i’m also not certain, but it seems like Furbish may be a relex?? someone please let me know, if ya know!
however, Furbish still succeeds in what (i believe) it sets out to do: to be a very cute, baby-sounding language that can be used to express many interactions between pet + owner / baby + guardian.
please note:
i was quite tired + made this in the span of about 3 hours!
i am not a toki pona expert and have little experience with Furbies
toki pona is best expressed in context and sometimes requires multiple sentences to convey an idea, so many of these don’t work well to be translated as abstract concepts.
i used some non-standard words (both non-pu and non-ku suli)
if i’ve made any mistakes, please kindly correct me! if you think a phrase could be better expressed a different way, feel free to share!
(above/up/high) oo = sewi / lon sewi
(affirmative) ee = lon
(again/another/more) koh-koh = kin
(and) koh = en
(ask) oh-too-mah = [toki pi wile] seme
(baby) bay-bee = kili mama / jan lili mama
(bad) boo-dah = ike
(be/to be) boh = lon / li (kind of, it’s complicated lol)
(beautiful/pretty) ee-kah = suwi lukin / pona lukin
(best) dee-mak = nanpa wan
(best fun/radical) dee-doo-ay = epiku
(big) dah = suli
(no!/big no) dah-boo = ala a
(big yes) dah-ee-tah = pona a / lon a
(birth/birthday) tee-toh = tenpo pi kama lon
(birthday) toh-toh = sike suno
(boring) koo-dah-way-loh = musi ala
(bottle) bah-bah = poki telo
(change) boo-tay = ante
(cloud) ay-loh-may-lah = ijo kon sewi
(come/coming) bye-bye-oo-bah = kama
(complete) toh = pini
(cute) doh-dee = suwi [lukin]
(dance) noh-lah = tawa musi
(delicious/tastes good) yumm-wah = pilin pi moku pona / moku li pona
(diamond) ay-koo = kiwen mani
(dizzy) ay-way = pilin nasa
(do) doo-dah = pali (i’m not sure of the context of this one, so it’s tricky)
(dog) bar-bar = soweli pona? / soweli jan pi nanpa wan? (i’ve always been bad at translating animal names)
(done) toh-dye = pini
(down) nah-bye = anpa
(dream) way-loo = sitelen lape
(dude) dee-doh = mije / jan o (not sure if this is referring to just “a guy” / or is meant to be like “bro”)
(face) kay-tay = sinpin
(feed/food) ah-tah = moku
(finally) oo-tah-toh-toh = tenpo li lon ni a (this one is tricky)
(friend/buddy) noo-lah = jan pona
(full) oo-loo = pilin pi moku mute
(fun) doo-ay = musi
(funny) doo-loo = musi
(game) doo-ay-loo-lah = musi
(game over) kah boo koo-dah = pini musi / musi li pini
(genius) dah-way = wawa lawa
(give) tah = pana
(go/bye/get out) bye-bye = o tawa pona / o tawa a (not sure if this is supposed to be aggressive or what 😅)
(good/okay) ee-day = pona
(good morning) dah-ay-loh-oo-tye = suno pona
(good night) dah-ay-loh-nah-bah = [o] lape pona
(happy) noo-loo = pilin pona
(have) ah-mah = jo
(health/healthy) koo-doh = sijelo pona / lawa pona (physical health / mental health)
(help) ah-noo = o pona! / o pona e mi! / pana e pona
(hey) hey = toki
(hide) woo-bye = weka lili
(high) oo-tah = sewi
(hmm?/huh?/when?/where?/yeah?/what?) doo? = seme
(home) lay-lah = tomo / tomo mi
(hug) may-lah = pilin pona suli kepeken luka (not sure on this one)
(humor/play/joke) loo = musi
(hungry/eat) ay-tay = pilin moku / moku
(interrogative) doo = seme / anu seme
(island) koo-wah = ma lili / ma lili lon telo suli
(joke) loo-loo = musi
(just kidding/not) kah-loo-loo = mi toki lon ala! / mi toki musi taso / lon ala!
(kiss) may-tah = pilin suwi kepeken uta
(life/nature/living things) tee = lon / ijo lon
(light) ay-loh/a-loh = suli ala (i believe this is supposed to refer to weight? if it’s referring to like a lightbulb, then “suno”)
(lightness) ay = suli ala
(like) toh-loo = ni li pona tawa mi / sina pona tawa mi / mi pona tawa sina anu seme? (this one really only works in a sentence)
(like/similar to/comparative) tay = sama
(listen) ay-ay-lee-koo = kute / o kute
(little/smallness) dee = lili
(live) boh-dah = lon
(log) tee-loh = palisa kasi
(look) ay-ay = lukin / o lukin
(love) may-may = olin
(love it) dah-may-may = ni li pona a tawa mi / ona li pona a tawa mi / ona li pona a tawa sina anu seme? (again only really works in a sentence)
(maybe) may-bee = ken la
(me/mine/myself/I) kah = mi
(money) moo-lah = mani
(monster) moh-moh = monsuta
(mountain) koh-dah = nena
(move) noh-bah = tawa
(music) ee-kah-lee-koo = kalama musi
(negative/no/stop) boo = ala / o pini
(no way/big no) dah-boo = ala a!
(noise) bah-boo = kalama
(now) nee-way = tenpo ni
(oh) oh = a
(oh my gosh/OMG) oh-kah-tee = wawa a! / a! / seme a?!
(ok) oh-kay = oke
(over) oo-bah = lon sewi
(party/party time) dah-no-lah = ma musi / tenpo musi
(path) bye-way = nasin
(pet) ah-may = luka suwi / mi luka suwi e sina
(play) loo-lay = musi
(please) doo-mah = sina pona e mi la mi pilin pona (idk if there’s really a good way to say “please” in tok, but here’s a sentence “if you help me, i’ll feel good”)
(pull) ah-loo = luka / pakala lili (depends on context)
(rain) wah-wee-tee = telo sewi
(receive) tah-tah = kama jo
(really?/seriously?) loo-loo-doo? = seme? / ni li lon anu seme?!
(rock - music) boo-koo = kalama musi kiwen (not meant to be literally— i’m describing rock music as kiwen/“hard”)
(rock - nature) koo = kiwen
(sad) boo-noo-loo = pilin ike / pilin laso
(scared) dah-boh-boh = pilin monsuta / monsuta
(sea) ee-wah = telo suli
(shake) koo-bah = tawa suli
(sing) wee-tee = kalama musi uta
(sleep) way-loh = lape
(so) doh = tan
(song) wah-tee = kalama musi
(sound) lee-koo = kalama
(stand) oo-boh = awen noka
(story) wee-loo = lipu musi
(sun) dah-ay-loh = suno
(sweet) nee-may = suwi
(tail) dee-tee-tah = linja monsi sijelo
(talk) noo-noo = toki
(tell) wee-tah = toki
(thank) dah-kah = toki lon te sina pona to
(thank you) dah-kah-oo-nye = sina pona / pona tawa sina
(that’s right) boh-ee-tay = ni li lon / lon
(thinking/mind) way = pilin / isipin / lawa
(tickle) nee-tye = pana e pilin musi
(time) toh-toh = tenpo
(touching/holding) ah = pilin / luka
(touch) tay-boo-koo = pilin / luka
(tree) tee-tah = kasi suli
(twinkle) tee-wee-lah = suno
(uh-huh) uh-huh = lon
(uh-oh) uh-oh = a ike
(uh-uh) uh-uh = ala
(uncle) oo-kah = jan sama mama / jan sama pi mama mi (not sure on this one)
(very) mee-mee = mute
(wassup?) doo-oo-tye? = sina pali seme? / seme li lon ni?
(water/rain) wah = telo
(where are you?) oo-nye-doo? = sina lon seme?
(whoa) whoa = a!
(wise/wisely) wah-lah = sona suli / kepeken sona suli
(wonder) way-nah = isipin / pilin
(worried) boh-bay = pilin monsuta lili
(yay) yay = pona a!
(yea!) wah! = lon a!
(yes) ee-tay = lon
(yippee) yippee = a! / musi a! / pona a!
(you) oo-nye / u-nye = sina
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