makee

makee

1. Pronunciation spelling of makes.
   • 1911, Edwin Dingle, Across China on Foot‎^[1]:

     "Alas!" he shouted, for we were at a rapid, "my savee makee good chow.

   • 1915, Edward C. Taylor, Ted Strong's Motor Car‎^[2]:

     "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^[3]:

     My son makee for pliest."

2. Pronunciation spelling of make.
   • 1896, John Conroy Hutcheson, chapter 18, in Young Tom Bowling‎^[4]:

     "You makee singsong ob de lilly buckra sailor!"

• Akeem, keema

Dialectal form of makea (“sweet”).

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

makee (comparative makeempi, superlative makein)

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

• makeesti

• kamee