Latin

Noun

pīnīs

1. dative plural of pīnus
2. ablative plural of pīnus

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English finish.

Particle

pinis

1. Marks perfect tense
2. (rare) Marks passive voice construction
   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics, ISBN 0-8248-1672-2, page 433:

     Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

See also

Tok Pisin tense markers:

• pinis (past perfect tense)
• bin (simple past tense)
• stap (progressive tense)
• bai/baimbai (future tense)

Verb

pinis intrans., transitive pinisim

1. be finished; done with