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kuap.

yawning

4 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkuap̚/
  1. yawning

Where this word comes from

From Malay kuap, from Proto-Malayic *uap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)huab, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)Suab, *(ma-)Suaw. Doublet of uap. The initial k- is hard to explain, though according to Adelaar (1992) it must have arisen through these stages: *ma-uap > *maŋ-uap from which colloquial nguap can be found. Prentice alternatively suggests a derivation from *kA-uap with loss of the first vowel.

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