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Akimbo is a human body position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward, or bent or bowed in a more general sense.〔"HANDS-ON-HIPS" http://center-for-nonverbal-studies.org/handhips.htm〕 ==Origins== The term was recorded first in the English language around 1400 in ''The Tale of Beryn'': "The hoost ... set his hond in kenebowe." In the 17th century, the word was spelled ''on kenbow'', ''a kenbow'', ''a kenbol'', ''a kenbold'', or ''on kimbow''. It may be cognate with German ''Kniebeuge'' (knee bend). The forms ''akembo'' and ''akimbo'' are found in the 18th century, with ''akimbo'' gradually becoming the standard. One suggestion is that it comes from the Icelandic phrase ''in keng boginn'', "bent into a crook", and it is possible that this phrase, or its close cognate in another North Germanic language, was borrowed in the meaning of hands bent to the waist. Other suggestions trace akimbo to another Middle English word, ''cambok'', "a curved stick or staff" (from Medieval Latin ''cambuca'') or to ''a cam bow'', "in a crooked bow". However, there is no extant form of ''akimbo'' spelled with ''cam''; and the earliest form of the word, ''kenebowe'', is a long way from ''cam''. The ''bo'' part of the word is presumably related to ''bow'', but no connection has ever been documented. The ''Middle English Dictionary'', with some noted uncertainty, proposes that ''akimbo'' might be related to Old French ''chane'' or ''kane'' "pot" or "jug" respectively, combined with Middle English ''boue'', "bow". In that case, the word ''akimbo'' originally meant "bent like the handle of a jug"; however, there is no evidence for this, either. In Spanish, "arms akimbo" can be adequately translated as "brazos en jarra", which means "arms like a jar". Another possible origin of the word comes from the Kongo language. The ancient "bakhimba" society of the Kongo people are the guards who supposedly watch their posts with their hands on their hips in "akimbo" pose. Additional evidence for this line of argument comes from the use of the term "bakimba" for this posture in the Black Bahamas community, and many other African-American communities. (Thompson, Robert Farris. 1988. "The Circle and the Branch": Renascent Kongo-American Art.)〔Thompson, Robert Farris. 1988. "The Circle and the Branch: Renascent Kongo-American Art".〕 Following the success of ''Action Quake 2'', from 1998 the word was adopted into computer gaming in reference to the dual wielding of two weapons. It was mentioned prior to 1997 in the game ''Blood'', as a power-up called the "Guns Akimbo". For example, in a first person shooter game, the player might choose a "pistols akimbo" option to wield one gun in each hand. Arms Akimbo is the name of a Los Angeles-based college rock band. Their first EP, Vignettes was released April 20, 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「akimbo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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