Borrowed fromJamaican Creolelikkle, fromEnglishlittle.
likkle (comparativemorelikkle,superlativemostlikkle)
- (Caribbean, MTE, MLE, Yorkshire, Lancashire, slang)Little.
2017,Stormzy, Karl Joseph,Dizzee Rascal, “Return of the Rucksack” (track 11), inGang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy:But I roll deep on these / Show theselikkle MCs about greaze / Show theselikkle MCs about me / I was on my steeze from 2003
2021 April 20, @WirthMaisha,Twitter[1], archived fromthe original on23 July 2023:Alikkle bit of brown for my twitter TL too🤎
2022 December 28, @xhosa_aquarian,Twitter[2], archived fromthe original on23 July 2023:Got myself my car / Bagged my degree / Got myself alikkle apartment
FromEnglishlittle.
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪkl/
- Hyphenation:li‧kkle
likkle
- little,small
- Antonym:big
Da one deh toolikkle. Gimme wan nex' one.- That one's toosmall. Give me another one.
1989, Charles Hyatt,When Me was a Boy (in Jamaican Creole),→ISBN, page23:“When me was a boy —likkle boy — my mother use to dress me up inna pretty 'dan dan' when ah going out y'see.[…]”- When I was a boy — alittle boy — my mother used to dress me up in a fancy 'child's outfit' when I was going out, you see. […]
likkle
- a little,some
- Antonyms:nuff,a bag a,a crocus bag a
Miss T, beg yuhlikkle flour, nuh?- Ms. T, may I havesome flour?
2019, Curdella Forbes,A Tall History of Sugar (in Jamaican Creole),→ISBN:“Next time, quail a bird-pepper leaf in di wood fire an tie it on widlikkle kerosene oil from di lamp. Mek sure is oil dat use, di one from di lamp, not new oil.[…]”- Next time, soften the bird-pepper leaf in the wood fire and tie it on witha little kerosene oil from the lamp. Make sure that you're using the old oil from the lamp, and not fresh oil. […]
