鼾掻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼾	掻
くつち Hyōgaiji	か(き) Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
鼾搔 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 鼾掻き

Etymology

Compound of 鼾 (kutsuchi, “snoring; epilepsy”) +‎ 掻き (kaki, “making something manifest”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 掻く (kaku, “to scratch; to make manifest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝt͡ɕika̠kʲi]

Noun

鼾(くつち)掻(かき) • (kutsuchikaki) 

1. (rare, obsolete) snoring
2. (rare, obsolete) an epileptic, a person who has epilepsy

Synonyms

• (snoring):: 鼾(いびき) (ibiki)
• (epileptic):: 癲癇持(てんかんも)ち (tenkanmochi), 癲癇持(てんかんもち) (tenkanmochi)