What does the word 「っぴい」 mean?

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Here is the sentence containing the word.

おことわりだね　おまえみたいな　弱｛よわ｝っぴいと組むなんて！

やるんなら　おれひとりでやらあ。

In my opinion, I think it would be transformation of the word 弾き or 'player' but I'm not uncertain if it is correct because the word ends with 「い」. I have searched on some dictionary sites but there is no one describing about it.

maybe a variation on 弱っぽい? – comeauch Dec 03 '15 at 12:09 — comeauch, Dec 03 '15 at 12:09

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '15 at 23:47

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～っぴ/～っち is a sort of "suffix" which generates cute-sounding nicknames. Think of it as an rough equivalent of -ie as in doggie, walkie-talkie, etc.

へたっぴ (下手【へた】 + っぴ, clumsy person)
けろけろけろっぴ (けろけろ + っぴ)
たまごっち (たまご + っち)

弱っぴい itself is not common (probably I haven't seen this before), but it should simply mean "weak boy/guy".

answered Dec 03 '15 at 23:47

naruto

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So you might well translate it as "weakie", which is a similarly informal word. Contrast "weakling", which has much the same meaning, but is a "proper word". – Brian Chandler Dec 04 '15 at 08:27
@BrianChandler Thanks, "weakie" was something I've come up with, but I didn't know how it "feels". – naruto Dec 04 '15 at 10:20

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '15 at 07:58

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We sometimes say 弱っちい in stead of 弱々しい. I think 弱っぴい is a transformation of 弱っちい.

answered Dec 03 '15 at 07:58

Yuuichi Tam

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But 弱っちい and 弱々しい are i-adjectives, while the 弱っぴい here appears to be a noun (cos it's 弱っぴいと, not 弱っぴい**の**と) – Chocolate Dec 04 '15 at 05:23
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Yes、弱っちい and 弱々しい are i-adjectives but I think it is no problem because 弱っぴい is a slang. It may be abbreviated a noun or nominalization. I heard it for the first time. – Yuuichi Tam Dec 04 '15 at 05:47

What does the word 「っぴい」 mean?

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