truke
English
Etymology
Blend of tr(uth) + (n)uke, from the notion of such information being as powerful as a nuclear bomb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹuːk/
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Interjection
truke
Noun
truke (plural trukes)
- (4chan slang) A sudden revelation or statement of devastating or undeniably true information; red pill.
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish trueque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /truke/ [t̪ru.ke]
- Rhymes: -uke, -e
- Hyphenation: tru‧ke
Adverb
truke (not comparable)
- [with genitive] in exchange for
- Synonym: trukean
Noun
truke inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | truke | trukea | trukeak |
| ergative | trukek | trukeak | trukeek |
| dative | trukeri | trukeari | trukeei |
| genitive | trukeren | trukearen | trukeen |
| comitative | trukerekin | trukearekin | trukeekin |
| causative | trukerengatik | trukearengatik | trukeengatik |
| benefactive | trukerentzat | trukearentzat | trukeentzat |
| instrumental | trukez | trukeaz | trukeez |
| inessive | truketan | trukean | trukeetan |
| locative | truketako | trukeko | trukeetako |
| allative | truketara | trukera | trukeetara |
| terminative | truketaraino | trukeraino | trukeetaraino |
| directive | truketarantz | trukerantz | trukeetarantz |
| destinative | truketarako | trukerako | trukeetarako |
| ablative | truketatik | truketik | trukeetatik |
| partitive | trukerik | — | — |
| prolative | truketzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- trukatu (“to barter”)
- truke egin (“to barter”)
- truke-balio
- truke-tasa (“exchange rate”)
- trukean (“in exchange of”)
Further reading
- “truke”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “truke”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005