meaning
ago, completed, ended, finished, past
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 irriversability, unlike "pinis" in its language of origin (tok pisin), which can grammatically specify irriversability.
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
pu verbatim
ADJECTIVE ago, completed, ended, finished, past
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
by jan Sonja
commentary
Some proficient speakers use pini as a preverb that means "to stop," that goes along with the complimentary open preverb "to start"
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