pini

pini is about endings, both physical,

linja pi len noka mi la pini li pakala.

The ends of my shoelaces are frayed.

and temporal.

tenpo musi li pini la mi o weka e jaki.

We’ll need to clean up when the party is over.

The temporal meaning extends to refer to the past in general.

lipu pini li pona a tawa lipu ni

The previous book was way better than this one.

tenpo pini la ona li moku e soweli.

In the past, she ate meat.

pini is also used to describe closed lupa and poki.

tomo ni li pini la mi sona ala e ijo insa.

This room is locked, so we don’t know what’s inside.