ペケ

Japanese

Derivation unclear.[1][2]

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”).[3][4]

First attested in 1860.[1]

Compare Tagalog peke (“fake”), English fake.

ペケ • (peke) -na (adnominal ペケな (peke na na), adverbial ペケに (peke ni ni))

[from 1860] incorrect, wrong, unacceptable
Synonyms: 駄目 (dame), いけない (ikenai), いや (iya)

Inflection of ペケ

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	ペケだろ	peke daro
Continuative (連用形)	ペケで	peke de
Terminal (終止形)	ペケだ	peke da
Attributive (連体形)	ペケな	peke na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	ペケなら	peke nara
Imperative (命令形)	ペケであれ	peke de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	ペケではないペケじゃない	peke de wa nai peke ja nai
Informal past	ペケだった	peke datta
Informal negative past	ペケではなかったペケじゃなかった	peke de wa nakatta peke ja nakatta
Formal	ペケです	peke desu
Formal negative	ペケではありませんペケじゃありません	peke de wa arimasen peke ja arimasen
Formal past	ペケでした	peke deshita
Formal negative past	ペケではありませんでしたペケじゃありませんでした	peke de wa arimasen deshita peke ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	ペケで	peke de
Conditional	ペケなら（ば）	peke nara (ba)
Provisional	ペケだったら	peke dattara
Volitional	ペケだろう	peke darō
Adverbial	ペケに	peke ni
Degree	ペケさ	pekesa

ペケ • (peke)

“ペケ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
“ペケ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN