瞬く
Japanese
kanjitab
Definitions
- to twinkle (e.g. stars)
- to flicker
- to waver
- to blink (e.g. one's eyes); to wink
Etymology
Compound from Japanese 目 (eye, order, hole, kind, sight, eyes) + Japanese 叩く (hit, bat).
Origin
Japanese
叩く
Gloss
hit, bat
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ぞろ目 Japanese
- サル目 Japanese
- 三枚目 Japanese
- 二枚目 Japanese
- 八目鰻 Japanese
- 前 Japanese
- 叩く Japanese
- 垂れ目 Japanese
- 夢 Japanese
- 尻叩き Japanese
- 微睡む Japanese
- 手目 Japanese
- 楣 Japanese
- 目 Japanese
- 目垢 Japanese
- 目木 Japanese
- 目糞 Japanese
- 目脂 Japanese
- 目薬 Japanese
- 目覚まし Japanese
- 瞼 Japanese
- 籠目 Japanese
- 血目 Japanese
- 賽の目 Japanese
- 鋏虫目 Japanese
- 食肉目 Japanese
- *tataku Proto-Japonic