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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> |
| 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 |
| In Toki Pona, <mark>a single</mark> word has a broad meaning. |
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| toki-pona la nimi <mark>wan </mark> li jo e kon suli |
| toki-pona la nimi <mark>wan </mark> li jo e kon suli |
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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. |
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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}}. |
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> |
| 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. |
| When the gas <mark>fuses</mark> (lit. becomes <mark>one</mark>) it becomes another gas. |
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| kon li <mark>kama wan </mark> la ona li kama kon ante |
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