akubi

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form akubi
Original script 欠伸
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning Noun “yawn”.
Grammatical info To be used verbally, the light verb suru is needed, as in akubi o suru.
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185)
Lexical stratum wago
Year 新撰字鏡(around 900)
Comparison with Korean Class 2: (J has a prefix): K haphum < MK haphïy-om, hahoy-om < *(a-)xɔxyam, (a-)xɔbxɔm, (a)xɔbxyi, (a)xɔxbx-. (320)
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