Meaning of talkee-talkee | Babel Free

Definitions

A creole, especially the Anglo-Dutch language spoken in Demerara and elsewhere in what is now Guyana and Suriname.

historical, uncountable

Examples

“The talkee-talkee of the slaves in the sugar islands, as it is called, will prevail at Surinam, and become⟳ the language of Guiana. They have⟳ a printed bible in it already.”

“The talkee-talkee of a North-American Indian, and the song of Deborah, might each have⟳ stood as the model⟳.”

“It must not be understood that homosexuality is confined to women. Relationships of this type⟳ exist⟳ also among men, and in taki-taki are to be found words which are specific designations for male homosexuals, who are termed hantimąn, or awɛge.”

“Surinam (Dutch Guiana)[…]Dutch, English, Javanese, "talkie-talkie".”

“The interpreter did not speak⟳ Toyo’s language but rather what the court calls “Taki-Taki - more properly called Sranan-tongo, the Creole language of coastal Suriname.”

CEFR level