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pisin
pisin
Finnish
Adjective
pisin
- superlative degree of pitkä
Declension
| Inflection of pisin (Kotus type 36/sisin, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pisin | pisimmät | |
| genitive | pisimmän | pisimpien pisinten |
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| partitive | pisintä | pisimpiä | |
| illative | pisimpään | pisimpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pisin | pisimmät | |
| accusative | nom. | pisin | pisimmät |
| gen. | pisimmän | ||
| genitive | pisimmän | pisimpien pisinten pisimpäinrare |
|
| partitive | pisintä | pisimpiä | |
| inessive | pisimmässä | pisimmissä | |
| elative | pisimmästä | pisimmistä | |
| illative | pisimpään | pisimpiin | |
| adessive | pisimmällä | pisimmillä | |
| ablative | pisimmältä | pisimmiltä | |
| allative | pisimmälle | pisimmille | |
| essive | pisimpänä | pisimpinä | |
| translative | pisimmäksi | pisimmiksi | |
| instructive | — | pisimmin | |
| abessive | pisimmättä | pisimmittä | |
| comitative | — | pisimpine | |
Anagrams
Tok Pisin
Etymology 1
Noun
pisin
- bird
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:20 (translation here):
- Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:20 (translation here):
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Etymology 2
Noun
pisin
- clan
- any pidgin or creole
- 1992, collected by Mühlhaüsler et al. quoted in Language, Education, and Development: Urban and Rural Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea (Suzanne Romaine, Oxford: 1992)
- Na mipela i no save long Tok Pisin tu. Brata bilong mipela ol i go long stesin, orait ol i kisim save long stesin. Ol i kam bek orait ol i tok pisin.
- And we didn't know Tok Pisin either. Our brothers went to the station, and then learned new things in the station. Then they returned speaking in creole.
- the Tok Pisin language
Derived terms
- Tok Pisin
- Pisin bilong Solomon