peini¹ of. Linker encoding various semantic relations between two nouns [...]

Part of Speech	preposition
Phonetic Form	peini
Tanema Equivalent	pini(ni)
Lovono Equivalent	peine, peini, peni
Morphology	Cf. pe ‘from’

1. • of. Linker encoding various semantic relations between two nouns
   • • Gram

   Syntactic Restriction	between two nouns
   (Part of) Antonym (for)	ie

2. • (X) from (Y), associated with

   (Part of) Synonym (for)

   pe

   • • Example 2056:
       

       velebie peini otovo

       sago starch

     • Example 2057:
       

       abilo peini revo

       [snake of the sea] seasnake

     • Example 2058:
       

       dapa wopine peini kulumoe

       the high chiefs of the island

3. • (X) characterised by (Y)

   • • Example 2059:
       

       sekele peini jebute

       taro garden

     • Example 2060:
       

       Mwaliko peini vilo!

       [a man of plants] a plant connoisseur

4. • (X) about (Y)

   (Part of) Synonym (for)

   tevie teve

   • • Example 2061:
       

       piene peini Laperus

       the story of Lapérouse

     • Example 2062:
       

       miusium peini uña toñaki

       a museum for ships

5. • of, about (doing)

   Syntactic Restriction	+ clause
   Sense Comment	rare

   • • Example 2063:
       

       piene peini li-katei kuo

       [the story of we draw canoes] the story about pulling canoes

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003350#S43

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • peini² of it, its, their – used with inanimates
  • peini³ pertain to; be suitable for
• Is Part of:
  • peini me so that