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

tuli in sitelen pona
tuli in sitelen sitelen
Pronunciation /ˈtu.li/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Obscure (2% ↘︎ )2022: Obscure (4%)This word is deprecated.
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

po in sitelen sitelen
Pronunciation /po/
Usage 2024: Obscure (7% ↗︎ )Caution: Most speakers don't understand this word.2023: Obscure (5% → )2022: Obscure (5%)This word is deprecated.
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

san in sitelen pona
san in sitelen sitelen
Pronunciation /san/
Usage 2024: Obscure (11% ↗︎ )Caution: Most speakers don't use this word.2023: Obscure (9% ↗︎ )2022: Obscure (7%)
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 (Hepburn: san) or Cantonese (Jyutping: saam1), 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.ja//j/ sounds like English Y, as in "fjord" or "hallelujah".
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (1% ↘︎ )2022: Obscure (2%)
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.lu/
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Obscure (2% ↗︎ )2022: Obscure (1%)
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.ku.jo//j/ sounds like English Y, as in "fjord" or "hallelujah".
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Obscure (4% ↗︎ )2022: Obscure (3%)
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.ku//j/ sounds like English Y, as in "fjord" or "hallelujah".
Usage 2024: N/ACaution: This word has not been surveyed for. Most speakers likely don't understand it.2023: Not notable (1% → )2022: Obscure (1%)
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 (Hepburn: hyaku), and was coined in 2018 by jan Wesu.[6]

References

  1. Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 381.

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  2. Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 330.

    four½

  3. Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362.

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  4. Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362.

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  5. Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362.

    seven½, gathering½, collection½

  6. jan Wesu. (9 June 2018). Message in #toki-pona. ma pona pi toki pona. 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