Can 'Lookie' describe a curious person like 'cutie' for someone cute? I am asking to Natives, especially.

We have the term "lookie-loo" but it's generally negative and implies being *intrusively* curious or nosy. A common example would be someone hanging around a crime scene.

No; if you said this to me I would not intuitively know what you meant. Even if you explained it, I would find it awkward.

It would not sound natural to me and it would probably not be something I could figure out the meaning of without asking

Australian English has the term ‘looker’ to mean attractive, but it’s a bit dated. ‘She’s a looker’ Edit: it’s more widespread than I realised, used across the English speaking world it seems.

I don't think so. We could describe an attractive person as **a looker,** though. > ~~I am asking to Natives~~ I'm asking natives. No preposition or capital N.

Nope. "Lookie" or "lookee" is a cutesy/playful way of telling someone to look at something. It's a verb, not a noun. You could say someone is *snoopy*, because "to snoop" is to investigate things that aren't your business, but that's kind of insulting unless you're talking about a pet. 😂 And it's also the name of a famous cartoon dog.

I’ve never heard of anyone say lookie in the United States.

The closest I can think of is *nosey*.

That's a "looker" but the term seems dated to me. I haven't heard it for years

No. “Lookie” is a childish or playful imperative verb meaning “Look at this!”. There is, however, a slang phrase, “Lookie-Lou”, which means a shopper who wastes a salesperson’s time by looking at merchandise but never buying anything. Other posters have mentioned the word “looker”, which is something else entirely.

No, it would most likely be confused with looker which means somebody who looks good, like an attractive person. Nosy is sometimes used for a curious person, buts its only used for somebody who is annoying in their curiosity.

That's not a use of the word "lookie" that I've ever heard, no. I wouldn't have any idea what it meant if someone were to use it. "Lookie" is used sometimes in a humorous, child-like way. I might say, "Well, lookie what we have here!" When one of my kids comes home from school, or I walk up to speak with a group of friends, or something similar. I've also heard it used in a threatening, taunting way in some movies when the bad guy surprises the good guys somehow. For example, the protagonists have climbed the outside of the antagonist's hideout and sneak in through a window in the dark. Suddenly, the lights come on and there's 10 henchmen pointing guns at them. The main bad guy steps into the room, smirks, and says, "Well, lookie what we have here." (Alternatively, "Well, look what the cat dragged in.)

I think you are looking for 'nosey'

No, “lookie” is not a nickname. A character could use the word in casual conversation to mean “look,” like to start off: “Well lookie here, what is going on over here?” When you capitalize Native, that is a shortened version of “Native Americans” in the US. If you want advice from native speakers of English, you should just say native speakers (no capital letters).

As another commenter said for Aussie English, we would say “looker” in American English also instead of “lookie”. (almost 100% of the time it would be used in the full phrase “she’s a looker”—it’s pretty much a set phrase and not really used as a standalone word). It’s a somewhat old fashioned term but I feel it would be understood and accepted as a pretty normal term in the USA. Very young people might not be very familiar with it but it’s been used across TV shows and movies for generations, so I feel like almost everyone understands

"(quite the) looker!"

"(quite the) looker!

"(quite the) looker!

No. Nobody would recognize that usage. *Cute* is an adjective and *look* is a verb, so the analogy doesn't work.