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jmdict 2834725 Active (id: 2047499)
高い高い
たかいたかい
1. [exp,n,vs] [chn]
▶ lifting (a child) high up in the air

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2019-09-05 01:15:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 高い高い! 〔幼児を高く抱き上げたときに言う言葉〕 Whee! Up we go!
赤ちゃんを高い高いする lift a baby repeatedly into the air.
  Comments:
Note the use of 抱き上げる. I think it should stay like this.
3. A* 2019-09-04 11:56:45 
  Refs:
Rene Malenfant in a reply to my rejected edit:
"the sources quoted support lifting, not throwing"
... but the source actually quoted literally says:
"throw baby in the air"
2. A 2018-02-16 05:49:00  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2018-02-16 05:01:04  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs
http://www.eijiro.jp/bun/1takai.htm
"高い高いしてくれる?"
(人)に高い高いをする
bounce someone up and down
単語帳
赤ん坊を高い高いする
throw baby in the air

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