On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 7:18:41 AM UTC-10, rosie wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 4:17:53 PM UTC-6, cibola de oro wrote:
> > Pronounced "pa-kay". This word is only commonly known in Hawaii. Person
> > who is frugal. Someone who will not make a purchase at an excessive
> > price. A person reluctant to spend money.
> > He no like buy, because it is not on sale, he so pake, yah? (Hawaiian
> > pidgin English)
> >
> > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pake
> >
> > I dig it, this is like island Yiddish!
>
> Pake is a word used for the Chinese

As far as I know, "pake" is used only in Hawaii. If I say "Da pakes pretty smart guys!" it certainly does refer to the Chinese. "Those tight guys real pake!" pretty much means I'm not talking about Chinese people just cheap buggas.