meaning
many, several, very; quantity; (number) twenty
see also
semantic space · lipamanka
there's an old running joke that I take with me everywhere: toki ponists can't tell apart numbers above two. Whenever one of my professors asks a question about "how many" of something there are, I always say "like three," wether that be tubes of paint or languages in the world or measures in a Bach chorale.
mute doesn't specify a huge or small number. a few, several, a lot, and a ton are all mute. Usually in context, it's easy to tell these amounts apart. mute as a noun means "amount" and as a verb it can mean either "multiply" or "divide." If I cut a kili in pieces, now I have many kili, and if I cast a spell to multiply a kili into multiple kili, I have many kili, so either way it doesn't matter. Unless it does matter, in which case, ask yourself: why does it matter? The answer to that question will guide you on disambiguating efficiently. mute is used as a general intensifier too when modifying some sort of quality or another modifier.
ku translations
many100 much100 multiple100 plenty100 very93 lots92 several86 numerous80 various75 most70 quantity64 twenty59 fifty55 nine50 thousand50 majority48 incredibly45 million44 amount40 dozen40 fifteen40 twelve39 eight38 countless36 hundred36 billion35 frequent33 greatly33 highly32 mostly32 excessive31 exceed30 six30 deeply29 quite29 thirty29 trillion29 dose27 particularly27 increasingly26 ten26 extremely25
pu verbatim
- ADJECTIVE many, a lot, more, much, several, very
- NOUN quantity
usage
core · 100% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
Esperanto · multe ‘a lot’
Latin · multus ‘a lot’
coined by jan Sonja
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