Appendix:Toki Pona/mute

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

Original three-stroke mute, with the meaning of "many", in sitelen pona

Alternate four-luka version of mute, with the meaning of "twenty", in sitelen pona

The original glyph has three vertical strokes — numbers above 2 are treated as ‘many’. Compare wan and tu, as well as Chinese 三. The alternate glyph, introduced in the 2024 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Toki Pona edition) (su), has the luka glyph repeated four times to specifically signify the number twenty — one of the meanings of luka is the number five in Toki Pona, therefore 5 multiplied by 4 would equal 20.

Etymology

From Esperanto multe (“many, a lot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmute/

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• Hyphenation: mu‧te
• Rhymes: -ute

Adjective

mute

1. many, a lot, much, several, multiple

Adverb

mute

1. very

   Synonym: suli

Noun

mute

1. multitude
2. quantity, amount

Verb

mute

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

Numeral

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))

Usage notes

• mute is often used to convey plurality.

Antonyms

• lili