peke

See also: Peke, pēke, and пеке

English

Noun

peke (plural pekes)

1. (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Peke (“Pekinese dog”)

Anagrams

• Ekpe, Keep, PEEK, Peek, keep, kepe, peek

Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin

Etymology

From Kupang Malay.

Verb

peke

1. to go

References

• William McGregor (2004) The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia (in Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin), Taylor & Francis

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English fake.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe‧ke

Adjective

pekè

1. fake; counterfeit; fraudulent

   Antonym: tinuod

   pekeng salapi ― counterfeit money

Verb

pekè

1. to fake; to forge; to counterfeit

   Synonym: panday

Eastern Arrernte

Adverb

peke

1. maybe

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

peke

1. Rōmaji transcription of ペケ

Middle English

Noun

peke

1. Alternative form of pyke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Compare Danish pege, Swedish peka and Norwegian Nynorsk peika.

Verb

peke (imperative pek, present tense peker, passive pekes, simple past pekte, past participle pekt, present participle pekende)

1. to point
2. peke ut - to point out, select, pick, choose
3. peke på - to indicate, refer to, call attention to

Derived terms

• pekefinger
• påpeke
• utpeke

References

• “peke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

peke (present tense pekar or peker, past tense peka or pekte, past participle peka or pekt, passive infinitive pekast, present participle pekande, imperative pek)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of peike

Slovene

Noun

peke

1. accusative plural of pek

Sotho

Noun

peke class 9/10 (plural dipeke)

1. pickaxe

Descendants

• → Phuthi: ipëkë

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Preposition

peke

1. Followed by a possessive adjective in the singular N class (class IX) to mean that entity by itself.

   peke yangu

   by myself

See also

• pekee

Tagalog

Etymology

Derived from English fake.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpekeʔ/ [ˈpɛː.xɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -ekeʔ
• Syllabification: pe‧ke

Adjective

pekè (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜒ)

1. fake; counterfeit; fraudulent

   Synonyms: huwad, (slang) japeyk

   Antonyms: tunay, totoo, lehitimo

Related terms

• japeyk

 

See also

• pektus

 

Noun

pekè (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜃᜒ)

1. fake; counterfeit

   Antonyms: tunay, totoo, lehitimo

2. (sports) fake (deceptive move)

Derived terms

• mameke
• pamemeke
• pekein

 

Further reading

• “peke”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024

Anagrams

• epek