nasin nanpa likujo

The subject of this article is just for fun. It might not be meant or appropriate for serious use.

nasin nanpa likujo is a number system created by jan Osuka based on the songs "likujo" and "luka tu wan" by jan Usawi. It uses lyrics of the songs to represent numbers, starting with wan meaning 1 from "likujo", and ending with e ale mi meaning 124 from "luka tu wan". It can also indicate a few nonpositive numbers using lyrics before the first chorus of "likujo", starting with nanpa wan la kala ike en monsuta for −9 and ending with tenpo ale la mi toki suli e ijo pi olin mi for 0.

An unfortunate consequence of using song lyrics is that the lyrics in the chorus have multiple meanings. For example, wan could be 1, 34, 42, 52, or 62. However, tokiponists are already used to dealing with context (the song luka tu wan itself makes use of Toki Pona's ambiguity in its title), and so this number system is perfect for Toki Pona.

Song lyrics used to represent numbers

This is an index of all the lyrics used to indicate numbers, along with which values they indicate.

Lyrics from likujo

-9. nanpa wan la kala ike en monsuta
-8. toki sin la mi ken tawa lon linja
-7. ma pi lon ala ni li sewi mute a
-6. mi pilin Weliko
-5. tenpo ni la kalama ni
-4. likujo li kulijo
-3. n
-2. mi wile ala toki suli e mi
-1. taso mi awen toki suli tan ni:
0. tenpo ale la mi toki suli e ijo pi olin mi
1. wan
2. tu
3. san
4. po
5. luka
6. san san
7. likujo
8. mi lon taso oni sama jan Asune Miku
9. sona li mani mi la mi ken esun e ale
10. mi ken ala pake mi sike pali e ijo likujo
11. mi lon tenpo lon
12. mi weka e ijo ala
13. mi kute e pilin
14. mi kama jo e toki lawa
15. mi sitelen e nimi
16. mi pona e pakala
17. mi pana e kalama pi sama moku nasa wawa
18. mi sama akesi
19. o kama lon poki musi ni
20. ona la mi lon tomo pi nanpa sewi
21. sina wile kama nanpa sewi kin
22. la o kute e kalama a
23. o kama nasa
24. mi sama pipi, jan li ken ala moli e mi (toki tu li wan tan ni: jan Osuka li wan e ona a)
25. mi ken e wile mi
26. jan ike li ken taso oni e ni
27. pakala mi kin li suwi li suno a
28. o pana e mi lon supa sewi
29. mi supa-jan
30. musi kalama mi la sina
31. pilin sama mi pi lon jasima
32. li lukin e mi li toki e ni
33. “ona li usawi mute e mi”
34. wan
35. tu
36. san
37. po
38. luka
39. san san
40. likujo
41. o kalama suli e ni la ale li kulijo
42. wan
43. tu
44. san
45. po
46. luka
47. san san
48. likujo
49. o kalama suli e ni la ale li kulijo
50. tan seme la mi kama ala poki tan ni?
51. kule kalama
52. pi sike lon lawa
53. likujo
54. wan
55. tu
56. san
57. po
58. luka
59. san san
60. likujo
61. o kalama suli e ni la ale li kulijo
62. wan
63. tu
64. san
65. po
66. luka
67. san san
68. likujo
69. o kalama suli e ni la ale li kulijo

Lyrics from luka tu wan

70. tenpo open la
71. mi jan sin taso la
72. jan mute li alasa pona e mi
73. mi wile kama sona
74. mi wile kama pona
75. taso kepeken ala nasin ni
76. tenpo suno ale li sike tawa
77. pali ale li jo e nanpa
78. tenpo pi pakala mi la nanpa
79. en pilin mi li kama anpa
80. tenpo lon la luka tu mi li ken pali e ijo mute
81. ni li suli
82. taso
83. mi jo ala e luka tu wan
84. mi ken ala pali e ale
85. mi ale
86. mi ale li sama ni
87. mi ken ala pali ante
88. taso
89. mi pali
90. mi pali e ni
91. pilin mi li sike tawa
92. olin suli en monsuta
93. suli a
94. mi pilin e ni: mi ken ala
95. tawa ma pi anpa noka
96. mi a
97. mi jo ala e luka tu wan
98. mi ken ala pali e ale
99. sina ale
100. pilin oke utala ni anu seme?
101. mi ken ala pali ante
102. taso
103. mi wile
104. mi wile e ni
105. en la sina ale li olin
106. e pali mi ale
107. ale
108. ale
109. mi o mi
110. sina toki e ni
111. taso tan olin ni la
112. mi wile sama sina
113. mi jo ala e luka tu wan
114. mi ken ala pali e ale
115. mi ale
116. mi ale
117. li jo ala e luka tu wan
118. li ken ala pali ante
119. taso
120. mi ale li pali
121. mi ken ala pali ante
122. tan ni la
123. mi pali
124. e ale mi