akimbo

Etymology
From, from +  +. Alternately, possibly from +, compare 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.

Usage notes

 * Almost always used after the noun modified.

Translations

 * Albanian: me duart në ijë
 * Armenian: ձեռքերը կանթած
 * Bikol Central: sarikaw
 * Catalan: en gerres
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 插腰
 * Czech: s rukama v bok
 * Dutch: met de handen
 * Esperanto: mansurkokse
 * Estonian: puusas
 * French: poings sur hanches
 * Georgian: დოინჯშემოყრილი
 * German: in die Seiten gestemmt
 * Icelandic: með hendur á mjöðmum
 * Ilocano: nakabannikes
 * Portuguese: de mãos nas ancas, de mãos à ilharga
 * Serbo-Croatian: podbočen
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: nakapamaywang

Adverb

 * 1) Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo.
 * 2) Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.
 * 1) Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.
 * 1) Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.
 * 1) Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: с ръце на кръста
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 插腰地
 * Finnish: kädet lanteilla
 * Georgian: დოინჯშემოყრილი
 * German: die Arme in die Seite gestemmt, die Arme in die Hüften gestemmt
 * Hungarian: csípőre tett kézzel
 * Portuguese: com as mãos na cintura
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: con los brazos en jarras
 * Swedish: