Where does “kabuki” come from?
kabuki (Portuguese) comes from Japanese 歌舞伎, from Japanese 傾く, from Japanese 頭, from Japanese ど- — super-.
kabuki (Portuguese): kabuki
Ancestry of “kabuki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 歌舞伎 | a bizarrely-dressed person; "kabuki": traditional... |
| 2 | Japanese | 傾く | to tilt, lean, incline; to favor; to wane |
| 3 | Japanese | 頭 | head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head... |
| 4 | Japanese | ど- | super- |