After poking around a bit more, it looks like the 61 primitives in NSM correspond to 41 words in Toki Pona; some of the overlap comes from merging ideas such as "like" and "want", but the biggest change is use of compound phrases for things like places and times -- using "small time" for "brief" and "near me" for "here".
ala - NOT
ali - ALL
anpa - BELOW
ante - OTHER
ijo - SOMETHING/THING
ike - BAD
insa - INSIDE
jan - PEOPLE/PERSON; SOMEONE (jan wan)
jo - HAVE
kama - HAPPEN; AFTER (kama la)
ken - CAN; MAYBE; IF (ken la)
kute - HEAR
lili - SMALL, SOME
lon - THERE IS, TRUE
luka - PART OF
lukin - SEE
ma - WHERE/PLACE (or tomo for indoor places)
mi - I
moli - DIE
mute - MANY/MUCH, MORE, VERY
ni - THIS
nimi - WORD
pali - DO, LIVE
pilin - FEEL, THINK
pini - BEFORE
poka - NEAR; SIDE; TOUCH; HERE (poka mi); FAR (poka mi ala)
pona - GOOD
sama - THE SAME, KIND OF
sewi - ABOVE
sijelo - BODY
sina - YOU
sona - KNOW
suli - BIG; LONG
tan - BECAUSE
tawa - MOVE
tenpo - WHEN/TIME; A LONG TIME (tenpo suli); FOR SOME TIME (tenpo wa
+n);
MOMENT (tenpo lili ni); NOW (tenpo ni); A SHORT TIME (tenpo
+lili)
toki - SAY
tu - TWO
wan - ONE
wile - LIKE; WANT
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