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=={{tp|kijetesantakalu}}==
{{tp|[[kijetesantakalu]]}} is often shortened to '''{{tp|kijete}}''' or '''{{tp|kije}}'''. Some speakers dislike this, as the original point of the word was to be overly long, while proponents of these abbreviations may like and use the word for unrelated reasons.
==From {{tp|sitelen pona}}==
Some words may be written using symbols yhat the look like their corresponding {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyphs. Examples include:
* ''p'' for {{tp|mi}}
* ''b'' or ''6'' for {{tp|sina}}
* ''x'' for {{tp|ala}}
** Can be unspaced [[Questions#verb ala verb|questions]], e.g. ''kxk'' for {{tp|ken ala ken}}
* ''k'' for {{tp|ken}}
* ''w'' for {{tp|wile}}
==Headnouns==
When referring to someone, their [[headnoun]] may be abbreviated as a single letter and attached to the name word without a space, e.g. {{tp|soweli Keju}} becoming {{tp|sKeju}}. Modifiers get their own letters, so {{tp|akesi wawa Lupon}} becomes {{tp|awLupon}}.
==See also==
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