ペケ

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Japanese

Etymology

Derivation unclear.

Possible sources include Malay pergi (to go, go away, perhaps via regional Pontianak variant pegi) or Mandarin 不可 (bùkě, “cannot; should not, must not”).

First attested in 1860.

Compare Tagalog peke (fake), English fake.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ペケ (peke-na (adnominal ペケ (peke na na), adverbial ペケ (peke ni ni))

  1. incorrect, wrong, unacceptable
    Synonyms: 駄目 (dame), いけない (ikenai), いや (iya)

Inflection

Noun

ペケ (peke

  1. something incorrect or wrong
  2. (chiefly Kansai) mark for incorrectness, ×

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 ペケ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ ペケ”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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