But I think you general point (as I understand it) is too narrow
You are right. I am trying to extract narrow details of tp. In my opinion, by tp you can see the world as well in mode of telescope as well in mode of microscope. And it is magic. tp expresses it in a simple way.
the telescope mode of tp describes the world with "one-two words" combinations
the microscope mode uses more long combinations -- "three-four-five... words"
two words (wide sense):________
ilo kon -- tool
for air
three words (narrow sense):_____
ilo kon telo -- tool
for aeration
for aquarium
_____________________________
ilo kon suwi -- tool
for aromatization
for sweet
_____________________________ ...
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ilo kon lete -- cooler
the way is "pona" to express any microscopic sense if you need it. And I like tp for this, because it is real demonstration of simplicity effect. You also can do it, using a sintax templet: word-
for-word (w4w, w4w4w...)