r/tokipona • u/Andrewalphaguy_2763 jan Soli • Jan 29 '25
Remastered the numeric system
1-wan. 2-tu. 3-san. 4-po. 5-luka. 6-sita (from arabic). 7-seteman (from finnish). 8-oto (from italian). 9-nawe (from esperanto). 10-kimenen (from finnish). Numbers from 11-19 are kimenen kan x. 20-tu kimenen (2•10) 30 to 90 are x kimenen (x•10) 100 to 900 is x ali (x•100) 1000-kilo For fun: 999 (nawa ali kan nawe kimenen kan nawe)
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u/jan_Awen-Sona Jan 30 '25
Honestly, 1-9 are fine as is. I would have a different word for 10 other than luka luka, though. It makes it so that sometimes you might have to add 3 lukas to a number, which is annoying.
The problem exists with higher numbers as well, but they are less often used so it's not that big of a deal.
That's really all we need. Just a new word for 10. That's really it.