よつばい

Japanese
Alternative spelling
四つ這い

Etymology

From 四つ (yotsu, “four”) +‎ 這い (hai, “crawling”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 這(は)う (hau, “to crawl”)).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) よつばい [yòtsúbáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞t͡sɨᵝba̠i]

Noun

よつばい • (yotsubai) ←よつばひ (yotubafi)?

  1. being on all fours

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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