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Toki Pona lacks a dedicated word for '''parts''' of objectsthings. 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. The word {{tp|[[kipisi]]}} ("section, to cut"), {{a category|kipisi}} {{tp|[[nimi ku suli]]}}, can describe divisions and resulting parts.

Linguist {{tptok|[[lipamanka]]}} argues that any word may refer to the whole of a part of an object, using {{tp|[[kili]]}} as an example: the word {{tp|kili}} may refer to either an apple or a single slice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lipamanka.gay/essays|title={{tok|lipamanka}}'s essays|website={{tok|lipamanka}}.gay|author={{tok|lipamanka}}|access-date=2024-05-08}}</ref> This is{{wh|…?}}

|ijo lili li tan ijo suli<br />ijo lili li lon ijo suli