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The word {{tp|wan}} is derived from {{w|English language|English}} ''one''.<ref>{{cite etym}}</ref>
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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>
| 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
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{{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
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| mi wile ala <mark>wan </mark> taso
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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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| 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>
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| kon li kama <mark>wan </mark> la ona li kama kon ante
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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
| 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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