Difference between revisions of "pikin"
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* Person wey no be [[sabi person]]. | * 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.)}} | :* {{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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* English: ''child, novice'' | * English: ''child, novice'' |
Revision as of 11:39, 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.)
Translations
- English: child, novice