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{{tp|silapa}}, also written in one line as {{tp|si\i\ilapa}}, is a [[joke word]] referring to giraffes. It was coined by {{tok|jan Kita}} in 2021 to "make life even harder for {{tok|sitelen pona}} font makers by introducing a vertically extendable glyph".<ref>{{cite Discord|name={{tok|jan Kita}}|username=.hecko|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/876636350214979614/887794616508743701|thread={{tok|linja-sike}}|channel={{tok|pali-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|quote=:nimisin: '''''{{tok|silapa}}''''' – giraffe; to make life even harder for {{tok|sitelen pona}} font makers by introducing a vertically extendable glyph}}</ref> The word can be extended vertically by extending the {{tp|i}} (or originally by extending the {{tp|a}}{{wh|which?}}) as shown in the example below (in the Latin script):