different between likey vs ikey

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?ki/
• Rhymes: -a?ki

Verb

likey

1. (nonstandard, humorous) Alternative form of like

See also

• likee

Anagrams

• Kiely, Kiley, Kylie, kiley, kylie, ylike

Chinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

likey

1. (Cantonese) to like; to be fond of; to approve of

   • ?????????????????likey????????????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
     ?????????????????likey????????????????????? [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2013, ???, ??????????????, page 133

     mou⁵ laa³, nei⁵ zi¹ dou³ keoi⁵ dei⁶ gaa³ laa¹, zi⁶ cung⁴ go² zan⁶ si⁴ m⁴ lai¹ ki² nei⁵, zau⁶ lin⁴ ngo⁵ dou¹ m⁴ do¹ lei⁵, hau⁶ loi⁴ ngo⁵ dou¹ mou⁵ mat¹ wan² keoi⁵ dei⁶ laa³. [Jyutping]

     Nah, you know them, since when they started hating on you, they didn't talk to me much either, so later I didn't really contact them anymore.

   • 40?????????????????????????likey [Cantonese, trad.]
     40?????????????????????????likey [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, ??40??You talkin' to me?? ???????, in ????

     40 nin⁴ hau⁶ lo⁴ bat⁶ dik⁶ nei⁴ lou⁶ zoi³ ci³ tai⁴ hei² ni¹ geoi³ ging¹ din² deoi³ baak⁶, daan⁶ keoi⁵ ci⁵ fu⁴ zau⁶ m⁴ do¹ lai¹ ki² [Jyutping]

     40 years later, Robert De Niro talks about that classic line again, but he seems like he's not a big fan of it

   • ????????????????????????????????????likey? [Cantonese, trad.]
     ????????????????????????????????????likey? [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2017 March 30, ???????, in ????

     zou⁶ ji³ jyun⁴ m⁴ jung⁴ ji⁶, hou² do¹ jan⁴ wui⁵ daa² din⁶ waa^6-2 tau⁴ sou³ aa³, jyu⁴ gwo² nei⁵ m⁴ zik¹ hak¹ bou³ ging² ge³ waa^6-2, zau⁶ wui⁵ jau⁵ di¹ jan⁴ jau⁶ m⁴ lai¹ ki². [Jyutping]

     Being a LegCo member isn't easy. Lots of people will call you to complain. If you don't call the police immediately, some people would disapprove.

Yami

Adjective

likey

1. small

English

Etymology

Ike +? -y, representing a colloquial abbreviation of Isaac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ki/

Noun

ikey (plural ikeys)

1. (slang, derogatory) A Jew.
   • 1906, Banjo Paterson, Wisdom of Hafiz

     My son, if you go to the races to battle with Ikey and Mo,

     Remember, it's seldom the pigeon can pick out the eye of the crow;

   • 1931, Dorothy L Sayers, The Five Red Herrings, chapter 29.

     I meant to start from Barrhill, but I missed the train, and then I hung on to old Ikey-Mo, which made my alibi much better,

Adjective

ikey (comparative more ikey, superlative most ikey)

1. (slang, derogatory) ‘Jewish’, seen in a derogatory sense; cunning, supercilious.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 10

     Clara had always been ‘ikey’ – reserved and superior.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     What Arthur Griffith said about the headpiece over the Freeman leader: a homerule sun rising up in the northwest from the laneway behind the bank of Ireland. He prolonged his pleased smile. Ikey touch that: homerule sun rising up in the northwest.

See also

• Ikey Mo