sikin

Maroon Spirit Language

Etymology

Probably from English skin.

Noun

sikin

  1. body (the physical structure of a human)
    • 1983, Kenneth M. Bilby, “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 72:
      if im a tel lais, wen im bin bak wi de go go na in sikin.
      If he is telling lies, when he comes back we will go to his body.

Turkish

Noun

sikin

  1. genitive singular of sik
  2. second-person singular possessive of sik
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