Difference between revisions of "pikin"
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===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
− | * Small omomo wey dem just born wey | + | * Small omomo wey dem just born wey still small. |
− | :* {{ux|dv| | + | :* {{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|''' | + | * Child wey don grow wey never mature finish. |
− | :* {{ux|dv|How dat '''pikin'' | + | :* {{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.)}} |
− | * | + | :* {{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)}} | + | * Person wey no be [[sabi person]]. |
+ | :* {{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==== | ||
− | * | + | * [[blood]]. |
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
− | * English: ''child'' | + | * 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
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...)
- Person wey no be sabi person.
- 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
Translations
- English: child, novice