でんぐり返す

Etymology
Compound of. Sometimes also pronounced without rendaku and with a hard k sound instead, as dengurikaesu.

The denguri part is of unclear origin. It only appears in this compound and derived forms.
 * The den portion is most likely the same den found in terms such as, itself also found in the compound.
 * The guri portion is almost certainly, the of verb.

Verb

 * 1) to turn something over, to turn something upside-down
 * 2) to make someone or something do a somersault (either forwards or backwards)

Derived terms

 * : a somersault

Related terms

 * : to somersault ; to be head over heels, to be in disarray, to be very confused
 * : a somersault