Uke

/juËk/

From ukulele ("small four-string guitar") by shortening.

Full definition of uke

(plural ukes)

/ËˆuËke/

From Japanese å—ã‘ã‚‹ (ukeru, "to receive, to get").

(plural ukes or uke)

(Japanese fiction) A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.

2008, Tan Bee Kee, "Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-Language Yaoi Fanfiction", in Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre (eds. Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry & Dru Pagliassotti), McFarland & Company (2008), ISBN 9780786441952, 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, Volume 1, Yen Press (2012), ISBN 9780316221801, unnumbered page:You'd rather have Sebas be an uke?
2010, Kyoka Wakatsuki, "Afterword", in The Selfish Demon King, Digital Manga Publishing (2010), ISBN 9781569701324, unnumbered page:Shizuku is so, so, so cute! I love him as an uke so much I can't stand it!