Datapoint Eskimo Pidgin/Pequenino

The word picaninnee 'child' is found in one Greenlandic Pidgin source (O'Reilly 1818). It is also encountered in the Herschel Island Eskimo Pidgin, as mikaninni 'small'. There it seems to have a dual origin, since the Eskimo root miki- means 'to be small'. Furthermore, the Eskimo root angi- has formed the basis for the Eskimo pidgin word anganinni 'big', which was obviously created in analogy with mikaninni, and which was attested in two independent sources. See the discussion in van der Voort (1997: 382–383, 1996: 223–224; 244).

Values

A word derived from pequenino exists

Example 76-70:
mikaninni
mikaninni
small
small, little, child

Source: Stefánsson 1909: 227

Example 76-71:
añaninni
añaninni
big
big, much, very

Source: Stefánsson 1909: 223

Confidence:
Certain