Difference between revisions of "abiku"

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From Yoruba abiku (stillbirth)

Pikin wey de born wey die wey im mama still born am again. Dem still dey call am born to die pikin.

I hear sey if you too dey go river go do ebo you no go born abiku. — (I heard that if you frequently go to the river to give sacrifices, you will not give birth to a reincarnated child.)
Im pikin die before five months, na abiku. — (Her child died before he was five months he is reincarnated.

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 ==Naija==
-===Alternative forms===
-*
 ===Etymology===
-Yoruba
+From Yoruba ''abiku (stillbirth)''
 ===Pronunciation===
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 <sm2>Pcm-ng-abiku.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-abiku.m.ogg</sm2>
-===Frequency===
-* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
-* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
-* Frequency in raw corpus: 0
-* Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
-The word is used equally in written texts and orally.
 ===Noun===
-abiku: (1) The spirit that causes the death of the children before reaching pubescence; (2) The children believed not to live above pubescence. -- Definition in Naija?
+* Pikin wey de born wey die wey im mama still born am again. Dem still dey call am born to die pikin.
+:* {{ux|dv|I hear sey if you too dey go river go do ebo you no go born ''abiku''.|(I heard that if you frequently go to the river to give sacrifices, you will not give birth to a reincarnated child.}})
+:* {{ux|dv|Im pikin die before five months, na ''abiku''.|(Her child died before he was five months he is reincarnated.}}
-# Egbokhare
+====Synonym====
-#: {{ux|dv|I hear sey im pikin na '''abiku''' o.|no translation}}
+[[ogbanje]]
+====Translation====
-====Derived forms====
+* English: ''reincarnated children''
-====Synonymes====
-*
-====Antonymes====
-*
-====Translations====
-* English: (1) The spirit that causes the death of the children before reaching pubescence; (2) The children believed not to live above pubescence.