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'''{{tp|wan}}''' is {{a category}} [[number]] and [[content word]] relating to |
'''{{tp|wan}}''' is {{a category}} [[Numbers|number word]] for the number one, and a [[content word]] relating to that number. |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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The word {{tp|wan}} is derived from {{w|English language|English}} ''one''.<ref>{{cite etym}}</ref> |
The word {{tp|wan}} is derived from {{w|English language|English}} ''one''.<ref>{{cite etym}}</ref> |
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==Function and semantic space== |
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As a [[modifier]], the number {{tp|wan}} marks singularity, i.e. it indicates that the [[head]] it modifies is a single thing. As a [[head]], it may be used to mean a unit, a single thing or object, or the abstract concept of the number one. |
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The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|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. |
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|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> |
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|In Toki Pona, <mark>a single</mark> word has a broad meaning. |
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{{tp|wan}} may be used to describe several different concepts, including unity, individuality, uniqueness, or the state of being alone, among others. Notably, if something consists of multiple smaller individual things (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. It can refer to both physical unity and social or conceptual unity. |
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|kon li kama <mark>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> |
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|When the gas <mark>fuses</mark> (lit. becomes <mark>one</mark>) it becomes another gas. |
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|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> |
|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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|The both of us will stay <mark>united/together</mark>. |
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|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> |
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|I don't want to be <mark>alone</mark> (lit. only <mark>one</mark>). |
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As a [[transitive verb]], {{tp|wan}} can be used for uniting or combining multiple things into a bigger whole. |
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|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&t=406s|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> |
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|They can <mark>combine</mark> many small pieces of knowledge, and can understand something big from this knowledge. |
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