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Example 76-70
mikaninni
mikaninni
small
small, little, child
Comment:
This word has a dual origin: Portuguese nautical pidgin
pikaninni
'child, small' and the Eskimo verb root
miki
- 'small'.
Type:
reconstructed by documentalist
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 227
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
by
Hein van der Voort
cite
Datapoints:
Pequenino: A word derived from pequenino exists
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