Difference between revisions of "pikin"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
* Small omomo wey dem just born wey never grow finish.  
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* Small omomo wey dem just born wey still small.
:* {{ux|dv|Di gumbody country dem sign sey dem go respect di right of di '''pikin''' dem.|Egbokhare_2020, no translation}}
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Pikin''' suppose collect all the vaccines wey [[smallsmall]] children dey collect |(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...)}}
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* Child wey don grow wey never mature finish.
:* {{ux|dv|How dat '''pikin'''… |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__83, How will that child...)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Your '''pikin''' don grow comot for di small '''pikin''' wey I bin know.|NSC_2021, Your child is now all grown up and no longer the young child I knew him to be.)}}
* Di person wey no be [[sabi man]].
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:* {{ux|dv|How dat '''pikin''? |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__83, How will that child...)}}
:* {{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)}}
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* Person wey no be [[sabi person]].
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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.)}}
  
 
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====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* children 0.75 1537, [[blood]].  
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* [[blood]].  
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''child''
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* English: ''child, novice''

Revision as of 11:37, 9 July 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From West Indies: Pickaninny use to refer to babies and more widely referring to small children

Pronunciation

  • pìkîn

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Noun

  • Small omomo wey dem just born wey still small.
  • Pikin suppose collect all the vaccines wey smallsmall children dey collect  — (JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__57, A child will have...)
  • Child wey don grow wey never mature finish.
  • Your pikin don grow comot for di small pikin wey I bin know.  — NSC_2021, Your child is now all grown up and no longer the young child I knew him to be.)
  • How dat 'pikin?  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__83, How will that child...)
  • You think sey I be pikin for dis job.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, Do you think that I'm a novice in this job.)

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Synonyms

Translations

  • English: child, novice