Difference between revisions of "abiku"

Latest revision as of 18:06, 12 March 2024

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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 ===Noun===
-* Pikin wey dem born wey die wey im mama still born am again.
+* 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 im pikin na '''abiku''' o.|Egbokhare_2020, I heard that her child is still birth.}}
+:* {{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''.|NSC_Tella-2020, Her child died before he was five months he is reincarnated.}}
+:* {{ux|dv|Im pikin die before five months, na ''abiku''.|(Her child died before he was five months he is reincarnated.}}
 ====Synonym====
 [[ogbanje]]
 ====Translation====
-* English: The spirit that causes the death of the children before reaching pubescence; (2) The children believed not to live above pubescence.
+* English: ''reincarnated children''