>From: AcadonBot <acadon@...>
> > > > Pikanini namba wan bilong Queen <Prince (of Wales) Charles>
> > No, I just think someone has been passing bad Tok Pisin in the streets
> > of Copenhagen. (Pickaninny is a _US_ 'slave' word.)
>
>From Portuguese pidgin, meaning "little," as Spanish pequen~o.
>Not everywhere with the same connotations.
If the word is _pecaninho_ (?), then it's the *dimunitive* of "little" --
i.e. "little little"!
DaW.
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