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meaning

unique, united; one

see also

tu, mute

semantic space · lipamanka

It is best to think about wan as first and foremost some type of union. other objects are coming together into one whole. That kind of motion is core to the word "wan." the number meaning is secondary. wan is used frequently to mean combine, marry, mix, overlap, etc. using wan as a modifier can indeed mean that there is only one of something, but it's always good to think about it as a single unified whole.

ku translations

one93 united92 unity90 combined70 unite67 single64 unit60 blend50 combine44 union43 bind40 solo40 whole38 integration37 integrate36 component28 alone27 together26 mix25 particular25 segment25 independent24 portion24 combination23 primary23 slice23 part22

pu verbatim

ADJECTIVE unique, united

NUMBER one

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

الإنجليزية · one

coined by jan Sonja

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jan Lakuse

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wan

one tally mark or Indo-Arabic numeral 1, perhaps to make it more distinct

sitelen sitelen

wan sitelen sitelen

sitelen jelo

1️⃣

sitelen Emosi

☝️

ucsur

U+F1973

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