1. one thousand
- Winim wan tausen kina.
Win one thousand kina.
2. a large number
- Planti tausen i kam long dispela bung.
A large number of people attended the meeting.
Tag: Numbers (Tok Pisin)
ten, tenpela
ten
- Kisim tenpela buai.
Get ten betel nuts. - tupela ten twenty
- sikispela ten sixty
- wanpela ten tu twelve
- wanpela ten nain nineteen
- etpela ten et eighty-eight
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teti, tetipela
thirty (also tripela ten)
- Kisim tetipela drai kokonas i kam.
Fetch thirty dry coconuts.
tetin, tetinpela
thirteen (also wanpela ten tri)
- Liklik brata bilong mi em i gat tetin krismas.
My younger brother is thirteen years old.
sikisti
1. sixty (also sikispela ten)
2. fast
- Em i givim sikisti long kar.
He is speeding.
seventi
seventy (also sevenpela ten)
- Krismas bilong lapun i winim seventi.
The old man is over seventy years old.
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seven, sevenpela
seven
- Mi hukim pinis sevenpela pis.
I caught seven fish. - wanpela ten seven seventeen (also seventin)
- sevenpela ten (also seventi) seventy
- seventinamba seven seventh
- namba seven de long mun Me the seventh of May
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seventin
seventeen (also wanpela ten seven)
- Krismas bilong yangpela meri i no winim seventin yet.
She is not yet seventeen.
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sikis, siks, sikispela, sikspela
six
- Em i go baim sikispela kiau.
She has gone to buy six eggs. - sikispela ten sixty
- sikispela lek (six legs) – man with two wives
- wanpela ten sikis sixteen (also sikistin)
- tenpela sikis (also sikisti) sixty
- Sikismail Six Mile (suburb in Port Moresby)
- Mi laik go lukim em long Sikismail.
I want to visit her in Six Mile.
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milien
million.