足掻き

Japanese

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Definitions

pawing of hooves at the ground
struggling, flailing about
movement of one's hands and legs

Etymology

Compound from Japanese 足 (foot, feet, leg) + Japanese 掻く (scratching, scratch).

Origin

Japanese

掻く

Gloss

scratching, scratch

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

家鴨 Japanese
後 Japanese
掻く Japanese
裸足 Japanese
足 Japanese
足下 Japanese
足早 Japanese
足湯 Japanese
跡 Japanese
高足蟹 Japanese
*kaku Proto-Japonic