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> なんでえ 大の男が まっぴるまから 酒くらって **のたのたして** よう

For this word, I have no clue to guess at all what it should really mean.
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What does the word 「のたのたして」mean?
> 「なんでえ 大{だい}の男{おとこ}が まっぴるまから 酒{さけ}くらって **のたのたして** よう」

「のたのたする」 is a colloquial expression meaning " ** _to wander around idly_** ",
" ** _to act in a highly unproductive manner_** ", etc.

It is in the "famous" verb pattern 「 **onomatopoeia + する** 」.

> **_"What the heck! A big man (= grown man) drinking like a fish and
> wandering around idly under the broad daylight!"_**

The entire line is in the quintessential Kanto masculine colloquial speech.

「まっぴるま」＝「真っ昼間」 Note it is 「ぴ」(pi), not 「ひ」.

「なんでえ」＝「なんだよ」
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"のたのたする" is a colloquial expression of "[無為]{むい}に過ごす / [怠惰]{たいだ}に過ごす" meaning
"to idle one's time away" as well as "のらくらする."

のたのた、のらくら、のろのろ, all are a sort of onomatopoeic expression depicting laziness,
inactiveness and slowness.

We use ”のたのた” and "のたのたする" in such a way as:

> この忙しい時に **のたのたして** るんじゃねえよ - Don't be idle in such a busy time.
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> 今頃になって彼が **のたのた** やってきた - He came nonchalantly so late at this time.
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> [何時]{いつ}までも **のたのた** 喋くってんじゃねえ - Stop talking. I'm sick of hearing your
> lengthy and meaningless story.
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Here is what the Dictionary of Iconic Expressions says, on pages 833-834:

**nota-nota**

M: The manner of moving slowly and heavily.

**nota-nota (to)**

(1) お腹がふくれてくると、普通だったらマタニティドレスにペタ靴で、お腹をつき出してノタノタ歩きますけれど […]。

_Onaka ga fukurete-kuru to, futsuu da'tara mataniti:-doresu ni peta-gutsu de,
onaka o tsuki-dashite_ nota-nota aruki-masu _keredo [...]._

When one's belly starts getting big, one normally wears maternity dresses and
flat shoes, and _walks along ponderously_ with one's stomach sticking out, but
[...].

[Yoko Kirishima, "Habataku On-na e!" in _On-na ga Habataku Toki: Ai, Jiyuu,
Tabi no No:to_ , p.116, Kd. 1982]

(2) あっちからのたのた走って来るのは西武線。あ、あれ冷房車だ。

_A'chi kara_ nota-nota hashi'te-kuru _no wa Seibu-sen. A, are reiboo-sha da._

The train _pulling slowly in_ from over there belongs to the Seibu line. Look!
That's the air-conditioned car.

[Mokoto Arai, "Uchuu-gyo Ten-matsu-ki in _Guri:n Rekuiemu_ , p.143, Ko. 1983]

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