depidginize

English

Etymology

de- +‎ pidginize

Verb

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

• depidginization

See also

• decreolize