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'''{{tp|wan}}''' is {{a category}} [[
==Etymology==
The word {{tp|wan}} is derived from {{
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The
{{Example
| mi moku e kili <mark>wan</mark>.
|mi tu li awen <mark>wan</mark>.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=w7t8Av_FDGo|title={{tok|tawa pi pakala wile}}|author={{tok|kala Asi}}|channel={{tok|kala Asi}}|handle={{tok|kala_asi}}|date=12 August 2023|access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref>▼
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{{Example
| toki pona la nimi <mark>wan</mark> li jo e kon suli.<ref>{{cite lipu tenpo |nanpa=jaki |title={{tok|musi}} Og {{tok|en nimi pi mute lili}} |url=https://liputenpo.org/toki/nanpa-jaki/musi-og-en-nimi-pi-mute-lili/ |author={{tok|jan Nalu}}}}</ref>
| In Toki Pona, <mark>a single</mark> word has a broad meaning.
| toki-pona la nimi <mark>wan </mark> li jo e kon suli
}}
More broadly, the [[semantic space]] of {{tp|wan}} includes various concepts related to oneness and singularity. For example, it can be used to describe unity, individuality, uniqueness, or the state of being {{w|alone}}, among others. It can refer to both physical unity and social or conceptual unity.
{{Example
▲| mi tu li awen <mark>wan</mark>.<ref>{{cite YouTube |id=w7t8Av_FDGo |title={{tok|tawa pi pakala wile}} |author={{tok|[[kala Asi]]}} |channel={{tok|kala Asi}} |handle={{tok|kala_asi}} |date=12 August 2023 |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref>
| The both of us will stay <mark>together</mark>.
}}
{{Example
| mi wile ala <mark>wan</mark> taso.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/mi-en-waso-Kaka.html#mi-lon-tomo |title=mi en waso Kaka en monsuta pi ma kasi |language=tok |author=[[jan Pensa]] |date=2023-08-15 |website=[[utala musi pi ma pona]] |access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
| I don't want to be <mark>alone</mark> (lit. only <mark>one</mark>).
| mi wile ala <mark>wan </mark> taso
}}
Notably, if something consists of multiple smaller individual parts (e.g. a clock consisting of mechanical parts), {{tp|wan}} may be used to describe either an individual [[part]] (a single cog) or the larger whole (the entire clock), depending on context.
As a [[transitive verb]], {{tp|wan}} can be used to mean the act of (actively) uniting or combining multiple things into a bigger whole. A similar intransitive meaning can be expressed with the phrase {{tp|kama wan}}.
{{Example
| ona li ken <mark>wan</mark> e sona lili mute li ken sona e ijo suli tan sona ni.<ref>{{cite YouTube |id=HPrxbFi7-jU |title=ma pi lipu Tun |author=jan Tepo |channel=ma pona pi toki pona |handle=maponapitokipona |date=2021-11-08 |access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
| They can <mark>combine</mark> many small pieces of knowledge, and can understand something big from this knowledge.
| ona li ken <mark>wan </mark> e sona-lili mute li ken sona e ijo-suli tan sona ni
}}
{{Example
| kon li <mark>kama wan</mark> la ona li kama kon ante.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/jan-mun.html |title=jan mun |language=tok |author=[[jan Kekan San]] |date=2023-08-15 |website=[[utala musi pi ma pona]] |access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
| When the gas <mark>fuses</mark> (lit. <mark>becomes one</mark>) it becomes another gas.
| kon li <mark>kama wan </mark> la ona li kama kon ante
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=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|wan}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|wan}}}}) is derived from the {{w|Arabic numerals|Western Arabic numeral}} "1".
=={{tp|sitelen sitelen}}==
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The {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} word glyph for {{tp|wan}} ({{ss|wan}}) is composed of a three-knobbed shape surrounding a single knob shape on a line. The origin of the glyph is unknown, but the knob shape inside might represent a kind of tally mark. Compare the word glyph for {{tp|[[tu]]}} ({{ss|tu}}).
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The word glyph can be rotated to face any direction, but it is usually written with the knobs facing away from the word(s) it modifies (facing right in left-to-right direction, and facing down in top-to-bottom direction).
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Like with any monosyllabic word, the word {{tp|wan}} may also optionally be written with a [[syllable glyph]] ({{ss|WAN}}).
==References==
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