uke

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See also: Uke, ūke, and Üke

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uke (plural ukes)

  1. (informal) Clipping of ukulele.
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Etymology 2

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From Japanese 受け (uke), derived from the verb 受ける (ukeru, to receive, to get).

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uke (plural ukes or uke)

  1. (judo, martial arts) The training partner against whom tori performs a move.
  2. (Japanese fiction, fandom slang) A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.
    Antonym: seme
    • 2008, Tan Bee Kee, “Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-language Yaoi Fanfiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys’ Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 142:
      Yaoi uke in fanfics often bear the brunt of stereotypical "negative female characteristics" such as passivity, helplessness, and masochism.
    • 2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend’s a Geek[1], volume 1, Yen Press, published 2012isbn=9780316221801:
      You'd rather have Sebas be an uke?
    • 2010, Kyoka Wakatsuki, “Afterword”, in The Selfish Demon King[2], Digital Manga Publishing, →ISBN:
      Shizuku is so, so, so cute! I love him as an uke so much I can't stand it!

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uke

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うけ

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From Danish uge, from Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (to bend, wind, turn, yield).

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uke f or m (definite singular uka or uken, indefinite plural uker, definite plural ukene)

  1. a week

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Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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From u- +‎ mke.

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uke (u class, no plural)

  1. womanhood
    Antonym: uume
  2. (euphemistic) vulva, vagina
    Synonym: kuma