pini
Pronunciation | /ˈpi |
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Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗︎ )2022: Core (99%) |
Book and era | nimi pu |
Part of speech | Content word |
Codepoint | U+F1950 |
pini is a core content word relating to finishing and closing.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word pini is derived from Acadian French fini, meaning "finished, completed".[1]
Semantic space[edit | edit source]
The semantic space of pini includes the end of an action or object. It refers to an act or instance of completion and cessation of an action, either temporary (a pause or break) or definitive. It may also refer to that which has already finished in the past, so much so that the phrase tenpo pini is commonly used as a way to express the past; see Time.
mi pini e palimi pini e pali.
I finished the work.
The word may also refer to closing and deactivation.
o pini e lukino pini e lukin.
Stop looking!
Close your eyes!
By extension, it may also refer to the extremity or tip of an object.
Preverb[edit | edit source]
The word pini may be used a preverb used to express the end of an action, as described in the Toki Pona Dictionary.[2]
sina pini moku e kilisina pini moku e kili.[2]
You finished eating the kumquat.
pu[edit | edit source]
In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines pini as:
ADJECTIVE ago, completed, ended, finished, past
ku[edit | edit source]
For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as pini:[3]
end5, conclusion2 , result2 , previous2 , pause2 , interrupt2 , lock2 , over2, finish5 , shut5 , ending4 , cease4 , outcome4 , conclude4 , close (v)4 , closed4 , quit3 , latter3 , final3 , complete3 , stop3 , off3 , cancel3
sitelen pona[edit | edit source]
The sitelen pona glyph for pini () is believed to represent a blocking wall.[citation needed] It may also represent a beam with each end serifed.
As an end mark[edit | edit source]
lipu tenpo uses the sitelen pona glyph for pini as an end mark, signaling the end of an article. This has been in place after the zine redesign by jan Kasape in 2023.
sitelen sitelen[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Word Origins". tokipona.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 9.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 329.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "pini" on lipu Linku
- "pini" on lipu Wikipesija
- "pini" on English Wiktionary