カバディ

Japanese

カバディ (kabadi): a kabaddi match in progress.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कबड्डी (kabaḍḍī).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) カ​バディ [káꜜbàdì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ba̠dʲi]

Noun

カバディ • (kabadi) 

1. kabaddi (a South Asian team sport in which players must hold their breath while making raids into the opposing team's half of the field)
   • 2007 March 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)百(ひゃく)四(よん)十(じゅう)七(しち)訓(くん)　ゲームは一(いち)日(にち)一(いち)時(じ)間(かん)”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) ([銀](ぎん)[魂](たま)), volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     近(こん)藤(どう)さん心(しん)配(ぱい)いらねェ　俺(おれ)の代(か)わりに山(やま)崎(ざき)が並(なら)んでるはず…

     Kondō-san shinpai ira nē Ore no kawari ni Yamazaki ga naranderu hazu…

     Don’t worry, Kondō. Yamazaki is holding my place…

     土(ひじ)方(かた)さん　山(やま)崎(ざき)なら　あそこでカバディやってますぜ

     Hijikata-san Yamazaki nara asoko de kabadi yattemasu ze

     Hijikata, Yamazaki is over there playing kabaddi

     山(やま)崎(ざき)ィィィィィィ‼

     Yamazakiiiiiii‼

     Yamazakiiii!!

Interjection

カバディ • (kabadi) 

1. Chanted during kabaddi by the offensive team.