Difference between revisions of "pikin"

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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 80
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 80
  
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
  
 
===Definition===
 
===Definition===
* pikin: child -- Person wey be sey na one mile and pile born
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* Person wey be sey na one mile and pile born
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
  
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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#{{ux|dv|Di gumbody country dem sign sey dem go respect di right of di '''pikin''' dem.|Egbokhare_2020, no translation}}
#: {{ux|dv|Di gumbody country dem sign sey dem go respect di right of di '''pikin''' dem.|no translation}}
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#{{ux|dv|'''Pikin''' go get… |(JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__57, A child will have...)}}
# - (frequency:1046)
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#{{ux|dv|How dat '''pikin'''… |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__83, How will that child...)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Pikin''' go get… |(JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__57, A child will have...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|How dat '''pikin'''… |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__83, How will that child...)}}
 
  
 
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* Di person wey be novice, wey no be [[sabi man]].
====Derived forms====
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#{{ux|dv|You think sey I be pikin for dis job. |(NSC_Tella_2020, Do you think that I'm a novice in this job)}}
  
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* children 0.75 1537, blood
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* children 0.75 1537, [[blood]].
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: child
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* English: ''child''

Revision as of 15:44, 8 October 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • pickin 0.77 840, pikini

Etymology

Borrowed from Krio

Pronunciation

  • pìkîn

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 115
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 124
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 4969
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 80


Definition

  • Person wey be sey na one mile and pile born

Noun

  1. Di gumbody country dem sign sey dem go respect di right of di pikin dem.  — Egbokhare_2020, no translation
  2. Pikin go get…  — (JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__57, A child will have...)
  3. How dat pikin  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__83, How will that child...)
  • Di person wey be novice, wey no be sabi man.
  1. You think sey I be pikin for dis job.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, Do you think that I'm a novice in this job)


Synonyms

  • children 0.75 1537, blood.

Translations

  • English: child