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'''{{tp|wan}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and [[number|number word]] for one.
'''{{tp|wan}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and [[number|number word]] for the number one.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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==Semantic space and function==
==Semantic space and function==
The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|wan}} includes different concepts, including unity, individuality, uniqueness, or the state of being {{w|alone}}, among others. It functions as the [[number|number word]] for one. As a [[modifier]], It indicates that the modifying object is a single thing. As a [[head]], it may be used to mean a unit, a single object, or the abstract concept of the number one.
The word {{tp|wan}} functions primarily as the [[number|number word]] for one. As a [[modifier]], It indicates that the word or phrase it modifies is a single thing. As a [[head]], it may be used to mean a unit, a single object, or the abstract concept of the number one.


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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.
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Notably, if an object or idea 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. It can refer to both physical unity and social or conceptual unity.


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Notably, if an object or idea 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. It can refer to both physical unity and social or conceptual unity.
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In the [[predicate]], {{tp|wan}} can be used to mean the act of uniting or combining multiple things into a bigger whole.


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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}}.
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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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| kon li kama <mark>wan </mark> la ona li kama kon ante
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| They can <mark>combine</mark> many small pieces of knowledge, and can understand something big from this knowledge.
| 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
| ona li ken <mark>wan </mark> e sona-lili mute li ken sona e ijo-suli tan sona ni
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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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| kon li kama <mark>wan </mark> la ona li kama kon ante
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