uke
English
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /juːk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːk
Noun
edituke (plural ukes)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Japanese 受け (uke), derived from the verb 受ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈuːke/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːke
Noun
edituke (plural ukes or uke)
- (judo, martial arts) The training partner against whom tori performs a move.
- (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?
Anagrams
editJapanese
editRomanization
edituke
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Danish uge, from Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).
Noun
edituke f or m (definite singular uka or uken, indefinite plural uker, definite plural ukene)
- a week
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- veke (Nynorsk)
References
edit- “uke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swahili
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edituke class XI (no plural)
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