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The word {{tp|wan}} is derived from {{w|English language|English}} ''one''.<ref>{{cite etym}}</ref>
 
==Function and semanticSemantic space==
The word[[semantic space]] of {{tp|wan}} isincludes the singularity, as the number one. As a [[modifier]], it marks singularity, i.e. itIt 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.
 
{{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 (<mark>one</mark> word) has a broad meaning.
| toki-pona la nimi <mark>wan </mark> li jo e kon suli
}}
 
{{tp|wan}} may be used to describe several different concepts, including but not limited to 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.
 
{{Example
|kon limi kamawile ala <mark>wan</mark> la ona li kama kon antetaso.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/janmi-munen-waso-Kaka.html#mi-lon-tomo |title=janmi en waso Kaka en monsuta pi ma munkasi |language=tok |author=[[jan Kekan SanPensa]] |date=2023-08-15 |website=[[utala musi pi ma pona]] |access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
|When theI gasdon't want to be <mark>fusesalone</mark> (lit. becomesonly <mark>one</mark>) it becomes another gas.
| mi wile ala <mark>wan </mark> taso
}}
 
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.
 
{{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>united/together</mark>.
}}
 
{{Example
|mi wilekon alali kama <mark>wan</mark> tasola ona li kama kon ante.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/mijan-en-waso-Kakamun.html#mi-lon-tomo |title=mi en waso Kaka en monsuta pi majan kasimun |language=tok |author=[[jan PensaKekan San]] |date=2023-08-15 |website=[[utala musi pi ma pona]] |access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
|I don'tWhen wantthe to begas <mark>alonefuses</mark> (lit. onlybecomes <mark>one</mark>) it becomes another gas.
| kon li kama <mark>wan </mark> la ona li kama kon ante
}}
 
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{{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&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>
| 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
}}
 
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