The verbs of Toki Pona — eating, going, making, knowing, wanting. Each covers a wide cluster of related actions.

• mokuto eat / drink / consume; food; meal
• tawato go; to move; toward; for; motion
• kamato come; to arrive; to become; to happen
• panato give; to send; to emit; to release
• joto have; to hold; to carry; to contain
• sonato know; knowledge; to understand; to be able to
• wileto want; to need; to wish; must; desire
• palito do; to make; to work; to build; activity
• lukinto see; to look; to watch; to read; eye
• kepekento use; with; by means of; using a tool
• opento open; to begin; to turn on; to start
• pinito end; to finish; to close; over; past
• awento stay; to wait; to keep; to remain; to continue
• alasato hunt; to gather; to forage; to seek
• unpato have sex; to mate; sexual
• lapeto sleep; to rest; sleep
• musito play; fun; game; art; to entertain
• kalamato make sound; noise; to play music; to shout
• wekato remove; to throw away; absent; away; far