uke

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /juːk/ Rhymes: -uːk ==== Noun ==== uke (plural ukes) (informal) Clipping of ukulele. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Japanese 受け (uke), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈuːke/ Rhymes: -uːke ==== Noun ==== uke (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 === Anagrams === Kue == Japanese == === Romanization === uke Rōmaji transcription of うけ == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish uge, from Old Norse vika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). === Noun === uke f or m (definite singular uka or uken, indefinite plural uker, definite plural ukene) a week ==== Derived terms ==== arbeidsuke ukeavis ukelang ukentlig === See also === veke (Nynorsk) === References === “uke” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Swahili == === Etymology === From u- + mke. === Pronunciation === === Noun === uke class XI (no plural) womanhood Antonym: uume (euphemistic) vulva, vagina Synonyms: see Thesaurus:uke