wile pi nanpa pi pona mute la mi mute o pali e nanpa mute. nanpa mute lu nanpa wan li lu san. nimi nanpa pi tenpo ni li toki e nanpa e mute. nimi ni o lu san o mute. mute ni li seme? ken la: sijelo lu san i lu sama nimi "leko". In order to improve the number system we need more words for numbers. The first that needs to be added is one for 3. All current words for numbers also have additional meanings so i think this word should as well. The only one that comes to mind is triangles (like leko but triangular)
nimi ken|Potential options:
nimi "san" li nimi ku lili. ona li pona lu tawa mi
san is a nimi ku lili that means 3. Seems like a good option to me.
nimi "tuli" li nimi pi tenpo pini pu li nanpa lu san. ona li lukin pona taso ona li jo e kalama "tu". ken la ni li ike
tuli is a pre-pu word that means 3, seems an obvious choice but has the problem that the first syllable is "tu" which i worry might cause confusion
sitelen pona la nimi "kulupu" li sike lu san. ni li pona: tenpo ni la nimi "kulupu" li jo e kon. taso nimi "kulupu" li suli mute
kulupu's symbol in sitelen pona is 3 circles so it seems to fit and it comes with its own pre-installed additional meaning, but it's exceptionally long
sitelen pona la nimi "mute" li linja lu san. taso linja ni li lu sama linja pi nimi "tu". ni la nimi mute "tu tu tu" li lukin lu sama nimi mute "mute mute". nimi mute "tu mute" li lukin lu sama nimi mute "mute tu".
mute's symbol in sitelen pona is 3 lines which matches with tu's symbol being 2 lines but the fact they use identical lines would make "tu tu tu" and "mute mute" look identical and would make "tu mute" and "mute tu" look identical. Maybe could be fixed with careful spacing but sounds like its just asking for trouble.
jan li toki e ni: ni li pona: nimi ona li kalama mute lili li lu wan i lu sama nimi "wan" i lu sama nimi "tu". ni la lon li lipu pi kalama mute lili lu lon toki pona
It has been suggested that it might be nice for it to be 1 syllable (like wan and tu are) so here is a list of syllables allowed in toki pona.
ijo pi mi ken lu lon lipu ni li ijo pi jan ale. taso ni li pona lu tawa mi: sina pali e ijo pona lu kepeken ona la o pali e ni: mi sona
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