kau-vla-su'us
kau-vla-su'us is a word in Vulcan meaning ‘pentagonal number’.
Meaning
pentagonal number
Pronunciation
Sound out kau-vla-su'us letter by letter:
- kkk as in 'skate' (no puff of air)
- auaʊow as in 'how'
- vvv as in 'van'
- lll as in 'love'
- aɐa as in 'cup' (open, central)
- sss as in 'sun'
- uuoo as in 'food'
- 'ʔglottal stop, the catch in 'uh-oh'
- uuoo as in 'food'
- sss as in 'sun'
Usage notes
a polygonal number of the form n(3n-1)/2; the first few are 1, 5, 12, 22, 35, 51, 70, ...