pikin
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 never grow finish.
- Di gumbody country dem sign sey dem go respect di right of di pikin dem. — Egbokhare_2020, no translation
- Pikin go get… — (JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__57, A child will have...)
- How dat pikin… — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__83, How will that child...)
- Di person 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