Perhaps from Portuguese pequenino, an affectionate diminutive of pequeno (“little [one]”).
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Pikin is the shortened of Pickaninny: it means a small black West Indian child. It has origins in Portuguese.
It's is another way of saying child by Africans.
Nigerian Pidgin-English dictionary · child. enwiki-01-2017-defs · child. noun. a female or male child, a daughter or son. en.wiktionary2016.