Read my article in HolQeD Sep 98. In there I explain the ternary system. On my website you can see my ternary abacus and ternary slide-rule. Kli = Dec 1 1 2 2 3 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 21 7 22 8 ... 213 24 221 25 As for the use of number suffixes (-maH, etc), we don't know. Hmm, another question for MO. :) DloraH