heuway

Old Sundanese

Etymology

Metathesis from heuyaw, inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huyeʔab, from Proto-Austronesian *Suyeʔab.

Verb

heuway

  1. to yawn

Descendants

  • Sundanese: heuay

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Suyeʔab”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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