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[[Toki Pona]] words may be '''elongated''' graphically by repeating a [[letter]], or [[phonetic]]ally by {{w|Vowel length|lengthening}} a [[vowel]] or {{w|geminating}} a [[consonant]]{{aside|processes that are not {{w|phonemic}} in Toki Pona}}. Like in other languages, words are usually only written out elongated in [[informal]] and [[humor]]ous situations. [[Onomatopoeia]] like {{tp|[[a]]}}, {{tp|[[mu]]}}{{,}} and {{tp|[[n]]}} most often have elongated forms, and other [[interjection]]s are likely to undergo elongation as well.

Elongation is usually done for emphasis (equivalent to following the word with {{tp|[[a]]}}), or to indicate the {{w|Prosody (linguistics)|prosody}} of a specific utterance of a word.

Some [[tool]]s, such as the database for {{tok|[[ilo Muni]]}}, are programmed to convert elongated forms by removing consecutive duplicate letters.

=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
[[File:Kijetesantakalu sewi (sitelen pona) - chorus.png|thumb|[[Sheet music]] for "{{tok|kijetesantakalu sewi}}". The lyrics, written in {{tp|sitelen pona}} (and {{tp|[[nasin sitelen kalama]]}}), use an extremely elongated {{tp|kijetesantakalu}} glyph over a multi-bar {{w|melisma}}.]]
In {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, certain elongated forms are written as [[extended glyph]]s (connecting to a low horizontal line). Other creative visual elongations are possible depending on the glyph.

{{Example
|aaa, kiiijetesantaaakalu li liiinja.
|Oooh, the feeerrrrets are noooodly.
|3=a({{idsp|2}}) {<nowiki />{{idsp|2}}<nowiki />}kijetesantakalu li <div style="display:inline-block;transform:translateX(1em) scaleX(3);">linja</div>
}}
{{Clear}}

===Joke words===
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<span style="vertical-align:top;">Some [[Joke words|joke]] [[animal word]]s have been created purely to challenge [[font]] designers to implement unique elongations: '''{{tp|tasun}}''' ({{sp|tasun}}; {{tp|taaasun}}: {{sp|taaasun}}; {{lit|dachshund}}) and '''{{tp|silapa}}''' ({{sp|silapa}}; {{tp|si/i/ilapa}}: <nowiki /></span>{{sp|1=<div style="display:inline-block;line-height:1em;">silapa1<br />silapa2<br />silapa3</div>}}<span style="vertical-align:bottom;">; {{lit|giraffe}}). They are not widely used otherwise.</span>
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==See also==
*[[Reduplication]], often proposed as a nonstandard intensifier
*[[Stress]], which may be realized as vowel length