abiku

Naija

Etymology

From Yoruba abiku (stillbirth)

Pronunciation

• àbíkú

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Noun

• 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.

Synonym

ogbanje

Translation

• English: reincarnated children