meaning
finish, stop, prevent; close, disable, turn off; ended, past; edge, end, conclusion
see also
semantic space · lipamanka
pini is the moment something comes to a close. this can be as simple as a door shutting or a light turning off, but it can be more abstract, like a department at a college fizzling out. pini has no connotations of irreversibility, unlike "pinis" in its language of origin (tok pisin), which can grammatically specify irreversibility.
pu verbatim
- ADJECTIVE ago, completed, ended, finished, past
ku translations
end100 finish94 shut87 ending80 cease70 conclude70 outcome70 close (v)65 closed64 latter55 quit55 final50 complete47 stop47 off44 cancel43 conclusion40 result40 previous36 pause33 interrupt32 lock30 over29
usage
core · 100% usage
found in pu
coined pre-pu
origin
multiple possibilities
Acadian French · fini ‘finished, completed’
Tok Pisin · pinis ‘finish (perfective aspect)’
English · finish
coined by jan Sonja
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commentary
Some proficient speakers use pini as a preverb that means "to stop," that goes along with the complimentary open preverb "start to"
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