WktEN_sense_28730   

Instance of: lemon:LexicalSense
Property Value
lemon:definition Statement1
rdf:type lemon:SenseDefinition
lemon:value engMiddle English yenen, yanen, from Old English ganian 'to yawn, gape', from (cf. German gähnen 'to gape, glare', Old Norse gana 'to rush, glare'), ablaut variant of *ʒīnanan (cf. Old English ginan), from 'to gape, yawn' (cf. Russian зинуть, Ancient Greek χαίνω), from *g̑hehau- 'to yawn, gape' (cf. Dutch geeuwen, Latin hiāre, Tocharian A śew, B kāyā, Lithuanian žióju, Russianзиять, Ancient Greek χαῦνος 'yawn', χάος 'chasm, void').
lemon:value engTo present an opening that appears able to swallow one up, literally or metaphorically:
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uby:statementType etymology
lemon:example WktEN_SenseExample_9382     More...
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uby:equivalent finammottaa
uby:equivalent latdehisco
uby:index 2
uby:monolingualExternalRef MonolingualExternalRef1
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uby:externalReference 37636:0:2
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Property Value
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