四つん這い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	這
よ Grade: 1	は > ば Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Shift from 四 (よ)つ這 (ば)い (yotsubai).^[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) よつんばい [yòtsúńbáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [jo̞t͡sɨ̃ᵝmba̠i]

Noun

四つん這い (hiragana よつんばい, rōmaji yotsunbai)

being on all fours

Synonyms

四 (よ)つ這 (ば)い (yotsubai)

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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