Difference between revisions of "pikin"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
* pickin, pikini
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* [[pickin]], [[pikini]]
  
 
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===Definition===
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===Noun===
 
* Person wey be sey na one mile and pile born
 
* Person wey be sey na one mile and pile born
 
===Noun===
 
 
 
#{{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.|Egbokhare_2020, no translation}}
 
#{{ux|dv|'''Pikin''' go get… |(JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__57, A child will have...)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|'''Pikin''' go get… |(JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__57, A child will have...)}}

Revision as of 18:00, 14 May 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

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


Noun

  • Person wey be sey na one mile and pile born
  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.
You think sey I be pikin for dis job.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, Do you think that I'm a novice in this job)

Related forms

Synonyms

  • children 0.75 1537, blood.

Translations

  • English: child