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The word {{tp|wa}} was based on an exclamation used by {{tok|jan Lakuse}}'s {{w|Cantonese language|Cantonese}}-speaking grandmother and repeated by {{tok|jan Lakuse}}them in 2020 in the {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} {{w|Discord}} servercommunity.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/545467374254555137/740030454857596988|name={{tok|jan Lakuse}}|username=raacz106|channel={{tok|tomo-toki-pini-ante}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-09|quote=i use wa as an exclamation but that comes from my cantonese speaking grandmother and nobody understands it when i say it}}</ref><ref>{{cite ku|24}} "{{tp|wa}}: {{tok|mama mama pi jan Lakuse}}" </ref> It is supposedly derived from {{w|Cantonese language|Cantonese}} {{lang|yue|嘩}} / {{lang|yue|哗}} ({{w|Jyutping}}: {{lang|yue-Latn|waa³}}).

The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|wa}} ({{sps|wa}}) is derived from the puncuationpunctuation stem radical—inspired[[radical]] with the {{w|Latin script|Latin}} letter W below, inspired by other similar glpyhsglyphs for interjections, such as {{tp|[[a]]}}, {{tp|[[kin]]}}, {{tp|[[n]]}}, and {{tp|[[o]]}}—with the dot replaced by the {{w|Latin script|Latin}} letter W. The ''W'' is oftentypically written roundrounder rather than angular, similar to the glyph for {{tp|[[wile]]}} ({{sp|wile}}).