tobu

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form tobu
Original script 飛ぶ (”fly”), 跳ぶ (”jump”)
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning “fly”, “jump”, now written with two different characters.
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age Old Japanese [21] (710–794)
Lexical stratum wago
Year 古事記 (712)
Comparison with Korean Class 3: (K term means ’rush, jump/fly at’): K tëmpi- < *teNbi-. (293)
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