四つ這い

Japanese

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

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

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) よつばい [yòtsúbáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [jo̞t͡sɨᵝba̠i]

Noun

四つ這い (hiragana よつばい, rōmaji yotsubai)

being on all fours

Synonyms

四 (よ)つん這 (ば)い (yotsunbai)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

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