Appendix:Toki Pona/pini

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Toki Pona

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pini in sitelen pona

Glyph origin

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The sitelen pona glyph may be representing a blocking wall.

Etymology

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Multiple possibilities. Possbily from Acadian French fini (finished), Esperanto fini, or Tok Pisin pinis, from English finish.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpini/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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pini

  1. completed, ended, finished, done
    1. past, ago
      Antonym: kama
      • 2014 May 25, Sonja Lang, “Preface”, in Toki Pona: The Language of Good, page 7:
        mi wile pana e selo pini pi toki pona.
        I hope to present the language [Toki Pona] in its completed form.
      • 2021 March 1, jan Alonola, jan Lentan, “ma li kama seli [The Earth becomes hotter]”, in lipu tenpo[1], nanpa mun, page 7:
        tenpo pini mute mute la, jan li pali ala e ma tomo, e ilo wawa.
        A long long time ago, people didn't build cities, and didn't make powered tools.
  2. of or at the end; final

Noun

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pini

  1. end, finish
  2. extremity, tip
  3. the act of closing or deactivating

Verb

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pini

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to finish, to end
    • 2024 March 20, jan Ke Tami, “toki kalama tu”, in lipu tenpo[2], number (nanpa) kalama, page 9:
      ona li pini e lape.
      It wakes you up.
      (literally, “It ends sleep.”)
  2. (preverb) to finish
    • 2021, Sonja Lang, Toki Pona Dictionary, →ISBN, page 9:
      sina pini moku e kili.
      You finished eating the kumquat.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) to be, to become, or to make closed; to close
  4. (intransitive, transitive) to turn off, to deactivate

Antonyms

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