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A word derived from pequenino exists
Example 12-266:
The Haitian baby’s call pickaninny, not no Bahamian baby.
The
art
Haitian
Haitian
baby’s
baby[
pl
?].
cop
call
call
pickaninny,
pickaninny
not
neg
no
neg
Bahamian
Bahamian
baby.
baby
A Haitian baby is called pickaninny, not a Bahamian one.
Source:
Holm and Shilling 1982
: 154
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Feature:
Pequenino
Source:
Holm and Shilling 1982
: 154
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