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gapen.

to yawn

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɣaːpə(n)/

  1. to yawn

    intransitive

  2. to gape

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch gapen, from Old Dutch *gapon, from Proto-West Germanic *gapōn, from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁y- (“to gape, be wide open”), related to Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō), Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ), Sanskrit विजिहीते (vijihīte), and Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, *ganōną (English yawn).

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