"よつばい" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [jo̞t͡sɨba̠i] Forms: yotsubai [romanization], yotubafi [romanization], よつばひ [hiragana, historical]
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”)). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|這う|はう|to crawl|pos=}} 這(は)う (hau, “to crawl”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|這う|はう|to crawl|nodot=1}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 這(は)う (hau, “to crawl”), {{af|ja|四つ|這い|pos2=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 這(は)う (<span class="mention-tr tr">hau</span>, “to crawl”)|t1=four|t2=crawling|tr1=yotsu|tr2=hai}} 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”)) Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=よつばひ}} よつばい • (yotsubai) ^(←よつばひ (yotubafi)?)
  1. being on all fours Synonyms: 四つん這い (yotsunbai) (ruby: (), ())
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Download raw JSONL data for よつばい meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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