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pini

Usage category: core

Recognition: 99%

Book: pu

Coined era: pre-pu

ago, completed, ended, finished, past

commentary

Some proficient speakers use pini as a preverb that means "to stop," that goes along with the complimentary open preverb "to start"

lipu ku translations

end⁵, finish⁵, shut⁵, ending⁴, cease⁴, outcome⁴, conclude⁴, close (v)⁴, closed⁴, quit³, latter³, final³, complete³, stop³, off³, cancel³, conclusion², result², previous², pause², interrupt², lock², over²

related words

pake, open, kama

origin

Source Language: multiple possibilities

Etymology: Acadian French: fini ‘finished, completed’; Tok Pisin: pinis ‘(perfective aspect)’(← English finish)

Creator(s): jan Sonja

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