wan
Pronunciation | /wan/ 🔊 🔊 |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Number, content word |
Codepoint | U+F1973 |
Part of a series on |
Number systems |
nanpa (ordinal number marker)
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Simple system |
Advanced system (list addends high → low) |
Nonstandard number words |
wan is a core number and content word relating to the number one.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word wan is derived from English one.[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of wan includes the number one. By extension, it refers to unity, either as physical or emotional proximity. As a transitive verb, it can describe becoming one; uniting.
mi tu li awen wanmi tu li awen wan.[2]
We [the both of us] will stay together.
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines wan as:
ADJECTIVE unique, united
NUMBER one
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as wan:[3]
one5, bind2 , solo2 , whole2 , integration2 , integrate2 , component2 , alone2 , together2 , segment2 , mix2 , particular2 , independent2 , portion2 , slice2 , primary2 , combination2 , part2, united5 , unity5 , combined4 , unite4 , single4 , unit3 , blend3 , combine3 , union3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for wan () is derived from the Western Arabic numeral "1".
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Word Origins. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Toki Pona.
- ↑ kala Asi. (12 August 2023). "tawa pi pakala wile". kala Asi [@kala_asi]. YouTube. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 384.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "wan" on lipu Linku
- "wan" on lipu Wikipesija
- "wan" on English Wiktionary