pikin

Naija

Alternative forms

• pickin, pikini

Etymology

From West Indies: Portugese pequenino

Pronunciation

• pìkîn

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Noun

1. Small omomo wey dem just born wey still small.

   • Pikin suppose collect all the vaccines wey smallsmall children dey collect  — (NSC_2021, Babies are expected to get vaccinated with all the necessary vaccines meant for babies.)

2. 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 is the child?)

3. Person wey no be sabi person.

   • You think sey I be pikin for dis job.  — (NSC_2020, Do you think that I'm a novice in this job.)

Translations

• English: child, novice