Re: The biggest number you know in your conlang

Remi Villatel wrote:

> As far as you know, what is the
> largest numbers in your conlang?
>
Kash: the largest number in official use is cimaho [tSima'xo]  'quintillion,
10^18', borrowed < Gwr chih maq ho '1000 times-itself 6'(1). It would be
possible to create larger numbers on the same _cima+Gwr numeral_ pattern,
but it's considered impractical. Scientists etc. simply express such things
as powers of ten (using Kash words).

In popular use are cima-cima and praka-praka (based on the native term for
1000 million) which mean 'any inconceivably huge number, jillion,
gazillion'.

We don't yet have a term for "infinity", but I'm tending toward pinatrús <
pinal 'count; number' + lus 'last'; of course it's not really the "last"
number since pinatrus hap mesa 'infinity plus one' etc. is always possible.
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(1) chih was originally 1000 in base 8, but was adjusted up when the decimal
system was adopted.