English Explanatory Dictionary

talkee-talkee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of talky-talky.
noun
  1. A creole, especially the Anglo-Dutch language spoken in Demerara and elsewhere in what is now Guyana and Suriname.

Word forms

talkee-talkee Taki-taki talkie-talkie

Etymology

Reduplicated diminutive talk + -ee. Compare Dutch takitaki (“pejorative term for Sranan Tongo”), Sranan Tongo takitaki (“to jabber, to chatter; chatter, idle talk”).

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