pik, noun

/pək/
colloquial. Shortened form of pikkie.
1970 E.G.B. Hardy Informant, BergvlietPik. A small child (from piccanin?).
1971 V. Kelly Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)I was fourteen when I went to Tech, a real little pik!
1974 in Eng. Usage in Sn Afr. Vol.5 No.1, 14‘A laitie’ or ‘a pik’. A small or young person.
1992 P. Dobson Informant, Cape Town, Western CapePik/Pikkie. Little fellow.
Shortened form of pikkie.
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