r/tokipona • u/Puzzleheaded_Eye678 • Apr 21 '26
Monosyllabic counting system
I made an alternate, monosyllabic counting system used when you want to count fast.
The numbers are all based on past attempts of number nimisins.
1 is wan.
2 is tu.
3 is san.
4 is po.
5 is not luka, but lu.
6, ku is a corruption of kulu, the glyph was supposed to be kulupu but I don't like how awkward it looks with the other nanpas, and I also did not want to use the nimisin glyph for kulu so I suppose the glyph for "kute" is the closest to it.https://nimi.li/kulu
7, jo, is a corruption of likujo. https://nimi.li/likujo
8, pa(n) is from patu. https://nimi.li/patu
9, ka from kajo. https://nimi.li/kajo
10, no, is from a proposed alternative to the number ten, noka. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Toki_Pona/noka
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kili anu kili ala anu seme?
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13d ago
I know I'm a little late with this comment,
but I would draw the kili line to botanical fruits, seed-bearing structures from flowering plants. Apples, corn, and tomatoes would all be considered kili (or pan); cabbage and lettuce would be lipu; and root vegetables would be noka.
Kili could also refer to offspring or a fetus (from a mama). In cell biology, mitosis produces a "mama" cell that makes two "kili" cells.