Contionary:Toki Pona/mute

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") version of mute, with the meaning of "twenty", in sitelen pona

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"):
  • The original glyph has three vertical strokes. Compare tok ("wan") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") and tok ("tu") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), as well as Template:Noncog.
  • The alternate glyph, introduced in the 2024 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Toki Pona edition) (tok ("lipu su") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}")), has the luka glyph repeated four times to specifically signify the number twenty.
• tok ("sitelen sitelen") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): The glyph represents multiple tally marks.

Adjective

Toki Pona/mute

1. many, a lot, much, several, multiple
   • 2025 February 28, kije Weku, “lipu Kojo en linluwi majuna”, in lipu tenpo‎^[1], number (nanpa) tenpo, archived from the original on 27 March 2025, page 7:

     tenpo ni la linluwi majuna li kama suli tan ni: jan mute li pilin ike tawa linluwi sin.

     Now, the old internet is becoming important because many people feel bad about the new internet.

Adverb

Toki Pona/mute

1. very

   Synonym: suli

Noun

Toki Pona/mute

1. multitude
2. quantity, amount

Verb

Toki Pona/mute

1. (transitive, intransitive) to be or to turn into many; to multiply

Numeral

Toki Pona/mute

1. at least three
2. twenty
   • 2024 February 3, Sonja Lang, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Toki Pona edition), page 2:

     tenpo sike nanpa mute ale mute tu tu

     the year 2024 (lit. ([20 × 100] + 20 + 2 + 2))

Twenty

Usage notes

• tok ("mute") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") is often used to convey plurality.

Antonyms

• lili

References

• Template:R:Toki Pona: The Language of Good

Further reading

• Template:R:tok:LL
• Template:Tok-interwikt