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The book {{lipu pu|en}} lists three words—{{tp|[[kin]]}}, {{tp|[[oko]]}}, and {{tp|[[namako]]}}—as "synonyms" of the {{tp|[[a]]}}, {{tp|[[lukin]]}}, and {{tp|[[sin]]}}, respectively. These "synonyms" are generally not counted among the 120 {{tp|[[nimi pu]]}}.
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Those words have been in use before and since the publication of {{tp|pu}}, but with different meanings from their supposed relatives. Calling them "synonyms" was a deliberate attempt to merge them.<ref>Messages from {{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}} in {{tok|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}}: [//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301378960468738050/814051883823529994 {{tp|kin}}], [//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301378960468738050/817348200818016256 {{tp|namako}}], [//discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301378960468738050/824353817285230612 {{tp|oko}}].</ref> {{tp|[[ku]]}} acknowledges that the words have retained their separate meanings among those who use them.
The merger of these words was mostly successful with {{tp|lukin/oko}}, and mostly unsuccessful with {{tp|sin/namako}} and {{tp|a/kin}}. However, {{tp|kin}}'s original role as an emphasis marker moved completely to {{tp|a}}, which was previously only a sentence-final particle to indicate emotion.<ref>The 2007 definitions in [https://web.archive.org/web/20190716152334/http://tokipona.net/tp/ClassicWordList.aspx Classic Word List] define {{tp|a}} as an "emotion word" and {{tp|kin}} as a word that "emphasizes the word(s) before it".</ref>
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|''emotion particle''
| rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:2px solid darkgray;" | ''emotion particle'', ''emphasis marker''
| ''emotion particle'', ''emphasis marker''
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|style="border-bottom:2px solid darkgray;"|also, (uncommon: ''emphasis marker'')
|style="border-bottom:2px solid darkgray;"|also
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|new, another, more
| rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:2px solid darkgray;"| new, another, more, extra, additional
|new, another, more
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|style="border-bottom:2px solid darkgray;"|spice, embellishment, extra, additional
|style="border-bottom:2px solid darkgray;"|spice, embellishment, extra, additional
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|see, look, visual
| rowspan=2 | see, look, visual, eye, try
| see, look, visual, eye, try
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|eye
|eye, (uncommon: see, look)
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