neido small ‹of animal› / forms diminutives / “child of (doing)”: [...]

1. • small ‹of animal›

   • • Example 1855:
       

       neido kuli

       a puppy

     • Example 1856:
       

       neido poi

       a piglet

     • Example 1857:
       

       neido kulevelu

       [baby fowl] chick

2. • forms diminutives

   Sense Comment

   fig

   • • Example 1858:
       

       neido konge

       small shrimps

3. • “child of (doing)”: jocular way to assign a nickname to s.o., based on his/her characteristic or habit

   Syntactic Restriction

   + name of action

   • • Example 1859:
       

       neido unuo

       [stealing kid] a thief

     • Example 1860:
       

       neido uñebe

       [seducing kid] a womanizer