depidginize

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ pidginize

Verb[edit]

depidginize (third-person singular simple present depidginizes, present participle depidginizing, simple past and past participle depidginized)

  1. (intransitive, linguistics) Of a pidgin language, to become the native language of a population.

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]