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See also: Makèë

English

Verb

makee

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  1. Pronunciation spelling of makes.
    • 1911, Edwin Dingle, Across China on Foot:
      "Alas!" he shouted, for we were at a rapid, "my savee makee good chow.
    • 1915, Edward C. Taylor, Ted Strong's Motor Car:
      "Say, Song, you see something makee you flaid this moling?" said Stella, imitating Song's pidgin English.
    • 1919, Frederick O'Brien, White Shadows in the South Seas:
      My son makee for pliest."
  2. Pronunciation spelling of make.
    • 1896, John Conroy Hutcheson, chapter 18, in Young Tom Bowling:
      "You makee singsong ob de lilly buckra sailor!"

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Finnish

Etymology

Dialectal form of makea (sweet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑkeː/, [ˈmɑ̝k̟e̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑkeː
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧kee
  • Hyphenation(key): ma‧kee

Adjective

makee (comparative makeempi, superlative makein)

  1. (dialect) sweet
  2. (slang) cool, great, beautiful

Declension

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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

  • makeesti

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