Nonstandard number words
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Toki Pona speakers have coined many nonstandard number words. Some are archaic words from early in Toki Pona's history; others are part of alternative number systems. As a result, this list does not form a coherent number system in itself.
Archaic words
tuli
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| Pronunciation | /ˈtu |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (2% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (4%)This word is deprecated.
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (pre-pu) |
| Part of speech | Number, content word |
tuli is an obscure early number word and nimi ku lili meaning 3. In the modern advanced counting system, it is equivalent to tu wan.[1] It is derived from English three.
In sitelen pona, tuli is usually written with the same glyph as san.
po
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| Pronunciation | /po/ |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure (5% → ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (5%)This word is deprecated.
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (pre-pu) |
| Part of speech | Number, content word |
po is an obscure early number word and nimi ku lili meaning 4. In the modern advanced counting system, it is equivalent to tu tu.[2] It is derived from English four.
A sitelen pona glyph for po (po) is derived from the Western Arabic numeral 4.
san
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| Pronunciation | /san/ |
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| Usage | 2023: Obscure (9% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (7%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Number, content word |
san is an obscure post-pu number word and nimi ku lili meaning 3. In the advanced counting system, it is equivalent to tu wan.[3] It is most likely derived from Japanese 三 (Hepburn: san) or Cantonese 三 (Jyutping: saam3), and was coined by jan Lenoka and jan Wesu in 2019.
A sitelen pona glyph for san (san) combines three mirrored wan glyphs (wan). The mirrored shapes disambiguate the glyph when located next to wan, tu (tu) or mute (mute). The same glyph is also used for the word tuli.
neja
| Pronunciation | /ˈne |
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| Usage | 2023: Not notable (1% ↘︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (2%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Number, content word |
neja is an obscure post-pu number word and nimi ku lili meaning 4. In the advanced counting system, it is equivalent to tu tu.[4] It is derived from Finnish neljä, and was coined by jan inwin in 2019.
kulu
| Pronunciation | /ˈku |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (2% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (1%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Number, content word |
kulu is an obscure abbreviation of kulupu. It is also used as a number word meaning 6, especially in base 6 number systems. In the advanced counting system, it is equivalent to luka wan. It was coined by jan Kiwa and jan inwin in 2017.
likujo
| Pronunciation | /ˈli |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Obscure (4% ↗︎ ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (3%)
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| Book and era | nimi ku lili (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Number, content word |
likujo is an obscure post-pu number word and nimi ku lili relating to collections and assortments of things, with a numeric sense of 7. In the advanced counting system, it is equivalent to luka tu.[5] It is derived from Acadian French recueil, meaning "compendium, anthology, collection", and was coined by jan Kawa and jan inwin in 2018.
A sitelen pona glyph for likujo (likujo) combines seven dots in a regular pattern.
jaku
| Pronunciation | /ˈja |
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| Usage | 2023: Not notable (1% → ) Most speakers don't understand this word.2022: Obscure (1%)
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| Book and era | No book (post-pu) |
| Part of speech | Number, content word |
jaku is a marginal post-pu number word meaning "a hundred". In the advanced counting system, it is equivalent to ale. It is derived from Japanese 百 (Hepburn: hyaku), and was coined in 2018 by jan Wesu.[6]
References
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 381.
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- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 330.
four½
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362.
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- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362.
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- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362.
seven½, gathering½, collection½
- ↑ jan Wesu. (9 June 2018). [Message posted in the
#toki-ponachannel in the ma pona pi toki pona Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 14 January 2024.Here are the basic numbers:
0 - ala
1 - wan
2 - tu
3 - san
4 - jon
5 - lu
6 - sun
7 - pen
8 - no
9 - wi
10 - ten
100 - jaku
1,000 - mili
1,000,000 - kika