Words for people, family, groups, and the whole animal kingdom — Toki Pona sorts living things into just a few broad buckets.

• janperson; people; human; somebody
• meliwoman; female; wife; girlfriend
• mijeman; male; husband; boyfriend
• mamaparent; mother / father; ancestor; origin
• mama melimother (lit. "female parent")
• mama mijefather (lit. "male parent")
• ijothing; object; matter; something
• kulupugroup; community; society; company
• jan ponafriend; good person; ally (lit. "good person")
• soweliland animal; mammal; beast
• wasobird; flying creature; winged animal
• kalafish; sea creature; swimming animal
• akesireptile; amphibian; non-cute creature
• pipiinsect; bug; small crawling creature
• jan ikeenemy; bad person; foe (lit. "bad person")