Appendix:Toki Pona/pini
Toki Pona edit
Glyph origin edit
The sitelen pona glyph may be representing a blocking wall.
Etymology edit
Multiple possibilities. Possbily from Acadian French fini (“finished”), Esperanto fini, or Tok Pisin pinis, from English finish.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pini
- completed, ended, finished, done
- 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.
- past, ago
- of or at the end; final
Noun edit
pini
Verb edit
pini
- (intransitive, transitive) to finish, to end
- (preverb) to finish
- (intransitive, transitive) to be, to become, or to make closed; to close
- (intransitive, transitive) to turn off, to deactivate