This word is obscure, so most speakers will not understand it.
usage
obscure · 11% usage
found in ku lili
coined post-pu · 2019
origin
multiple possibilities
三 (san): Japanese, (number) three; 三 (sāam): Cantonese, (number) three; 叁 (sāam): Cantonese, (number) threecoined by jan Lenoka, jan Wesu
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commentary
More popular than the synonymous (and older) tuli.
san was also part of a set of 10 digit words created by jan Lenoka: lenke, jatu, ini, san, se, nun, loku, take, patu, kajo (0 through 9). All of these coinages except for san lack notability to be included in the main dictionary. They can be found in the sandbox.
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This glyph for san may have been developed independently multiple times.
by jan Sa, lipamanka
Japanese symbol for three 三
This glyph for san has been developed independently multiple times, as it is derived from the Japanese symbol for three and the word is derived from that symbol's reading.
by telo misi
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