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pikinini
a baby, a child,
Em karim pikinini las wik.
She gave birth to a child last week.
Em no gat pikinini.
She does not have children.
From Portuguese word 'pequeninho' meaning 'litte'.
Source: F. Mihalic. SVD The Jacaranda Dictionary and Grammar of Melanesian Pidgin,
p 153, 1971.
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