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[[File:Toki Pona sitelen pona examples.png|thumb|Examples of combined glyphs in {{tp|pu}}: {{sp|pilin*ike|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}} {{tp|pilin ike}} (scalar), {{sp|telo*lete|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}} {{tp|telo lete}} (scalar), {{sp|kala^lili|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}} {{tp|kala lili}} (stacked), {{sp|toki*pona|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}} {{tp|toki pona}} (scalar)]]
In {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, the glyph of a [[head]] word may be combined with the glyph of one [[modifier]]. These are called '''combined glyphs''' in {{pu|lipu}}.<ref>{{cite pu|110}}</ref> They are also referred to as '''compound glyphs'''.
 
In {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, the glyph of a head word may be combined with the glyph of one [[modifier]]. These are called '''combined glyphs''' in {{pu|lipu}}.<ref>{{cite pu|110}}</ref> They are also referred to as '''compound glyphs'''.
 
There are 2 main ways to combine glyphs:
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==Grammatical restrictions==
Many speakers limit combined glyphs to a head and the first modifier, as described in {{tp|pu}}. This has been used for disambiguation, such as the sentence {{tp|mi pana e tomo tawa sina}}: {{sp|mi pana e<mark>tomo-tawa</mark>sina}} clarifies that {{tp|<mark>tomo tawa</mark> sina}} is a noun [[phrase]] where {{tp|tawa}} is a modifier ("I give your moving room"), instead of {{tp|tawa sina}} being a [[preposition]]al phrase ("I give a room to you").<ref>{{cite web|url=//musilili.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LinjaPona_Presentation-03-03.jpg|title=LinjaPona Presentation-03-03.jpg|author=|username=|date=|website={{tp|musi lili}}|publisher=|access-date=|quote=}}</ref>
 
Some speakers have experimented with extending combined glyphs to other situations, such as [[preverb]]s and their main verbs, or prepositions followed by one-word phrases. In the latter case, {{sp|tomo tawa+sina|font="linja lipamanka"}} is even more distinct from {{sp|tomo-tawa sina|font="linja lipamanka"}}. However, prepositions are increasingly clarified with [[extended glyph]]s instead ({{sp|tomo tawa(sina)}}), or adjusting the preposition glyph to evokeimply thethat it would connect to an extension line ({{sp|tomo tawa() sina}}).
 
==Nonstandard combinations==