pikin
Naija
Alternative forms
- pickin 0.77 840, children 0.75 1537, woman 0.65 2792, parents 0.64 434, mama 0.63 2152, girl 0.63 1023, parent 0.62 85, papa 0.62 2213, teacher 0.59 350
Etymology
Borrowed from English pikin
Pronunciation
- pìkîn
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 115
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 124
- Frequency in raw corpus: 4969
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 80
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Noun
pikin: child -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Di gumbody country dem sign sey dem go respect di right of di pikin dem. — no translation
- - (frequency:1046)
- Pikin go get… — (JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__57, A child will have...)
- 11 born pikin. — (bbc__86547, __no translation__)
- det (frequency:729)
- How dat pikin… — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__83, How will that child...)
- di pikin gangan ; — (hildrights__849, __no translation__)
- case (frequency:159)
- Na for pikin, e dey inside body. — (NST_cleaned__20591, __no translation__)
- person wey dey manage home of pikin; — (hildrights__1207, __no translation__)
- nmod (frequency:144)
- You be God pikin. — (NST_cleaned__17895, __no translation__)
- Na Jephthah pikin! — (jw__25220, __no translation__)
- amod (frequency:88)
- Na, be small pikin. — (NST_cleaned__24278, __no translation__)
- I no be small pikin. — (NST_cleaned__22148, __no translation__)
- cc (frequency:48)
- Mama and pikin dey strong! — (jw__9244, __no translation__)
- Carry your wife and pikin run go Egypt. — (jw__34344, __no translation__)
- dep (frequency:39)
- dis section go apply give pikin wey be sey – e dey care ; — (hildrights__460, __no translation__)
- Pikin wey sharp like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger. — (bbc__81349, __no translation__)
- advmod (frequency:29)
- Pikin right dem. — (hildrights__503, __no translation__)
- Di producers put am for dia to make pikin dem happy. — (bbc__1758, __no translation__)
- cc-nmod (frequency:23)
- Old papa and pikin them go sit round fire to kill the cold. — (katakata__676, __no translation__)
- Even though army bin kill woman and pikin dem for Far North region, de same army di do ndon for Anglophone regions. — (bbc__47672, __no translation__)
- conj (frequency:19)
- dem go use di correct way to let pikin dem and big people hear. — (gumbody__44, __no translation__)
- Dem dey try sabi everybody for the congregation whether na pikin or old person. — (jw__6505, __no translation__)
- cc-det (frequency:17)
- E give am husband and one pikin. — (jw__18728, __no translation__)
- Na because of the better, abi na because of di pikin, — (ENU_28_World-Food-Day_M__18, Is it because of the Better, or because if the Pikin ?)
- obj (frequency:13)
- Ah go take ma pikin dem for school tomorrow. — (bbc__67392, __no translation__)
- David come go find Jonathan pikin Mephibosheth. — (jw__869, __no translation__)
- dep-det (frequency:13)
- Di pikin dia papa, Anaba Umunna na fridge repairer. — (bbc__37154, __no translation__)
- as e com bi, dem no go release any information for paper wey go mek am easy to know who di pikin bi. — (hildrights__1239, __no translation__)
- cc-dep (frequency:6)
- or pikin wey be sey e dey under care order or supervision order. — (hildrights__191, __no translation__)
- Professor Hong Young-Shik for di Political Science Department of di University tok say na Mrs Buhari work for women and pikin dem ginger dem to give am di award. — (bbc__84114, __no translation__)
- cc-obj (frequency:6)
- Okonkwo harsh well well, na strong hand e take hold im wife and pikin them. — (katakata__531, __no translation__)
- De tin weh e worry me na how de sista e pikin beat me and ma pikin dem plus some kana tok weh e no good. — (bbc__27768, __no translation__)
- nsubj (frequency:5)
- Alex Iwobi dey wonda how pikin dem dey hail am — (bbc__13714, __no translation__)
- Pikin dem of immigrants also show face for di England team. — (bbc__81333, __no translation__)
- amod-cc (frequency:2)
- And we still happy sey we show the same example to our pikin and grand pikin. — (jw__11027, __no translation__)
- Mama, papa and small pikin dem follow us for back as di rain maker dey for front wit di white cloth im wear for bodi and tie for head. — (bbc__23955, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonymes
- pickin 0.77 840, children 0.75 1537, woman 0.65 2792, parents 0.64 434, mama 0.63 2152, girl 0.63 1023, parent 0.62 85, papa 0.62 2213, teacher 0.59 350
Antonymes
- pickin 0.77 840, children 0.75 1537, woman 0.65 2792, parents 0.64 434, mama 0.63 2152, girl 0.63 1023, parent 0.62 85, papa 0.62 2213, teacher 0.59 350
Translations
- English: child
Verb
pikin: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- nsubj-obj (frequency:5)
- Even Colonel Didier Badjeck army tori person say na separatist kidnap de pikin dem. — (bbc__27622, __no translation__)
- As you kill more innocent pipo dis di push dia boy pikin dem, and relations for join amba e tok. — (bbc__5419, __no translation__)
- mark-obj (frequency:3)
- Bible talk sey: ‘Eli pikin dem bad well well; — (jw__11632, __no translation__)
- Chairman Fru Ndi tell BBC News Pidgin say e bi di sleep when e pikin dem kam bang de door say fire don catch for house. — (bbc__25017, __no translation__)
- nsubj-obj-obl:arg (frequency:3)
- AFP School pikin dem from Nigeria inside one UN camp for refugees for Cameroon. — (bbc__10355, __no translation__)
- E claim say den ask e wuasi de fighters dey, deh drag yi enta inside house rape e for dis taim e pikin di craiy for corner. — (bbc__44089, __no translation__)
- cc-obj (frequency:2)
- E no get money, e no fit buy chop for im wife and pikin them. — (katakata__687, __no translation__)
- The whole village gather for the ilo, man oh, woman and pikin them. — (katakata__823, __no translation__)
- advcl-obj (frequency:2)
- Goment too say na separatist kidnap de pikin dem as deh say make all school dem remain close until goment answer dem. — (bbc__54553, __no translation__)
- For decades now, di quality of education for Nigeria don kpafuka and so Honourable Sergius Osei Ogun from Edo state bin want make dem enact law wey go force goment officials pikin dem to go only public school sake di mata. — (bbc__50934, __no translation__)
- ccomp-nsubj (frequency:2)
- Dis make de papa Samuel Eto'o e belle sweet sotei e go write for social media say e pikin e tori di waka. — (bbc__40858, __no translation__)
- Among de pipo weh deh di campaign for Biya na for President Amadou Ahidjo e pikin, Aminatou Ahidjo, all ministers, directors and odas. — (bbc__14881, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonymes
- pickin 0.77 840, children 0.75 1537, woman 0.65 2792, parents 0.64 434, mama 0.63 2152, girl 0.63 1023, parent 0.62 85, papa 0.62 2213, teacher 0.59 350
Antonymes
- pickin 0.77 840, children 0.75 1537, woman 0.65 2792, parents 0.64 434, mama 0.63 2152, girl 0.63 1023, parent 0.62 85, papa 0.62 2213, teacher 0.59 350
Translations
- English: no definition