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pinisi

pinisi noun: a kind of rigging used by Indonesian sailing vessels, carrying seven to eight sails on two masts.

Noun

pinisi (plural pinisis)

  1. A kind of rigging used by Indonesian sailing vessels, carrying seven to eight sails on two masts.
  2. A traditional Indonesian wooden ship.
    • There’s a good reason the stories of King Kong and Jurassic Park were set on Indonesia’s islands. They’re wild — particularly experienced aboard a phinisi[.] […] Silolona and Si Datu Bua are aptly named: the former after a beloved local god; the latter meaning “beloved princess”. In the yachting...2025 October 3, Lisa Grainger, “Exploring Indonesia’s coastline in a pair of handmade boats”, in The Times, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2025

Forms of pinisi

pluralpinisis
alternative formphinisi

Origin of pinisi

Borrowed from Makasar pinisiʼ, cognate with English pinnace.

Questions about pinisi

What does pinisi mean?
Pinisi means a kind of rigging used by Indonesian sailing vessels, carrying seven to eight sails on two masts.
What part of speech is pinisi?
Pinisi is a noun.
What is the plural of pinisi?
The plural of pinisi is pinisis.

Words near pinisi in the dictionary

  1. pinionless
  2. pinionlike
  3. pinions
  4. Pinipin
  5. Pinis
  6. pinisi
  7. pinisis
  8. Pinit
  9. pinite
  10. pinites
  11. pinitol

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