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{{Needs work|Find essay on referring to parts by their whole}}
[[Toki Pona]] does not have a dedicated word for '''parts''' of things. Options include using {{tp|[[wan]]}} or the [[preposition]] {{tp|[[lon]]}}. The word {{tp|[[lawa]]}} often refers to a part of something that controls the whole. {{tp|[[kipisi]]}}, {{a category|kipisi}} {{tp|[[nimi ku suli]]}}, can describe divisions and parts resulting from them.
Other strategies involve contrasting parts of different size:
{{example|wan ijo|one unit of a thing}}
{{example|lili ijo|a little of a thing}}
{{example|mute ijo|much of a thing}}
{{example|ale ijo|the entirety of a thing}}
The clearest way to talk of parts is to use full sentences.
{{example|ijo lili li tan ijo suli<br>ijo lili li lon ijo suli|A small thing is from/in a bigger thing}}
==See also==
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