Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *(x)abu-ǯan-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to gape, open mouth

Russian meaning: разинуть, раскрыть (пасть)

Negidal: awǯan-

Comments: ТМС 1, 9. Cf. perhaps also Nan. Naikh. aoǯan 'a talisman against the throat disease' (contaminated with aoǯan 'ruff'; with a carved picture of a ruff), see Он. 44.

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *ăbu

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: interior of the mouth

Russian meaning: внутренность рта

Turkic: *Ăburt

Mongolian: *owči

Tungus-Manchu: *(x)abu-ǯan-

Comments: KW 292, Лексика 226. A Western isogloss.

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *Ăburt

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 cheek-pouch, inside of the mouth 2 gum 3 mouthful, gulp 4 cheek 5 molar 6 to take a mouthful, swallow

Russian meaning: 1 внутренняя полость рта 2 десна 3 глоток 4 щека 5 коренной зуб 6 глотать

Old Turkic: a[vurt] (?adurt) (OUygh., late med. texts TT II)

Turkish: avurt 1

Tatar: urt 2

Middle Turkic: awurt (Sangl.) 3, (MKypch.) oɣurt, owurt 1, 3 (Houts., Ettuhf.)

Uzbek: urt (dial.) 1

Turkmen: howurt (dial.) 1, 3

Khakassian: ōrt-a- 6

Shor: ōrt-a- 6

Oyrat: ūrt 'throat', ūrt-a- 6

Chuvash: urъlъ, dial. vъʷrlъʷ 5 (Ашм. V 320)

Yakut: omurt 1, 3

Tuva: ārt-a- 6

Kirghiz: ūrt

Kazakh: urt 1

Noghai: uwɨrt 1

Bashkir: urt 1

Balkar: uwurt 4

Gagauz: aurt 1, 4

Karakalpak: urt 1

Kumyk: uvurt 1, 4

Comments: EDT 65, ЭСТЯ 1, 407-409, Лексика 225-226, Мудрак 115. The Old Uyghur form is poorly readable, so -δ- is dubious. Yak. -m- is irregular: could it be a trace of PA *umV 'drink', otherwise lost in Turkic?

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *owči

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: interior side of the cheek; mouthful

Russian meaning: внутренняя сторона щеки; глоток, количество жидкости, которое можно набрать в рот

Written Mongolian: ouči, oɣuči (L 602, 625)

Khalkha: ōč

Buriat: ōšo(n)

Kalmuck: ōčǝ

Ordos: ōč`i 'gorgée'

Dongxian: oču- (očɨ-)

Dagur: ūčǝ

Shary-Yoghur: ūčǝ

Monguor: ōč́i- 'to drink' (SM 299), ūčiɣu 'a drink' (Тод. Мгр. 369)

Mogol: ɔči- 'to drink' (Weiers)

Comments: KW 292, MGCD 523. The Mongor forms could be derived from ū- 'drink' (v. sub *ṓp`à), but the affixation in that case would be unclear.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *HVwV

Meaning: mouth, hole

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *ăbu

Uralic: *owe

Kartvelian: *qew-

Dravidian: *āv-

References: МССНЯ 353, ОСНЯ 3, 130-131; ND 1898 *qow[i] 'orifice, hole; to make a hole'. [For Kartv. cf. alternatively PA *k`ébà 'river, bay'; for Uralic - Alt. *ìbè 'door'].

Uralic etymology :

Number: 690

Proto: *owe

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: door

German meaning: Tür

Finnish: ovi (gen. oven) 'Tür'

Mari (Cheremis): amasa (KB), opsa (U B) ?

Khanty (Ostyak): χăt-aw (DN), χat-ǝw (O), ɔw (Kaz.) 'Tür, Tor; Mündung; Öffnung des Fensters', oɣpi̮ (V) 'Tür'

Mansi (Vogul): äjīw (TJ), ajǝw (TČ), āw (KU), ē̮w (P), āwi (So.)

Nenets (Yurak): ńo

Enets (Yen): ŋia (Ch.), no, nu (B)

Nganasan (Tawgi): ŋoa

Selkup: -a in maat-a (Ta.) etc.

Kamass: aje, ajǝ

Addenda: Koib. ai; Mot. no; Taig. nja-da.

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *qew-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: ущелье, балка, овраг

English meaning: ravine

Georgian: Old Georg. qev-

Megrel: xab-o

Svan: qew ( < Georg.?)

Notes and references: EWK 562.

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *āv-

Meaning : to yawn

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *āv-

Proto-Telugu : *āv-Vl-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ām-/*āv-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *āv-

Proto-North Dravidian : *āb-l-

Brahui : āv-āning

Notes : Expressive.

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *āv-

Meaning : to yawn

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : āvi (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to gape, yawn, open the mouth so as to express loudly; n. yawn

Malayalam : āvi iṭ-

Malayalam meaning : to yawn

Kannada : ākaḷisu, ākuḷisu, āguḷisu

Kannada meaning : to yawn, gape

Kannada derivates : ākaḷike, ākuḷike, āgaḷike, āguḷike yawning, gaping

Kodagu : āvaḷic- (āvaḷici-)

Kodagu meaning : to yawn

Tulu : āvalụ

Tulu meaning : a yawn

Tulu derivates : āvīḍ- to yawn

Proto-Nilgiri : *āvaḷ-

Miscellaneous : KOR (M) āvaḷsu to yawn

Number in DED : 0392

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *āvaḷ-

Meaning : to yawn

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āvaj "a yawn"

Toda : ōpüɫ̣y- (ōpüɫ̣c-)

Notes : In Kota *āvaḷǐ > *āvalǐ (weaking of retroflex articulation in a long word?) > *āvaj. Toda ōpüɫ̣y- = Koḍ. āvali-c-; inlaut -ü- < *-a- under the influence of both labialized ō and front ǐ, but -p- is rather mysterious (by all means -f- should be expected in this position).

Number in DED : 392

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *āv-Vl-

Meaning : to yawn, gape

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : āvalincu

Dialectal forms (1) : āvulincu

Additional forms : Also āvulinta a yawn

Number in DED : 392

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ām-/*āv-

Meaning : to yawn

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : ām-, āv-

Ollari Gadba : ām-

Salur Gadba : āmk-

Kondekor Gadba : āmk-

Additional forms : Also Parji āmkuḍ, āvkuḍ, ākub a yawn; Gadba_S3 āmkun a yawn

Notes : External data shows *-v- to be original. Both variants were probably free, with *-v- > *-m- due to expressive character of the form.

Number in DED : 392

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *āv-

Meaning : to yawn

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *āv-i (*s-)

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *āv-i (*s-)

Meaning : a yawn

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Koya Gondi : āvi

Number in DED : 392

Number in CVOTGD : 145

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *āb-l-

Meaning : to yawn

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : aulaʔānā

Malto : āwole

Notes : Реконструкция условна (нетривиальная фонетическая структура в обоих языках).

Number in DED : 392

Brahui etymology :

Brahui : āv-āning

Meaning : to yawn

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Number in DED : 392

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : HVWV

Meaning : mouth, hole

Eurasiatic : *HVwV

Afroasiatic : *χVw- 'door, opening, throat' (Sem., Eg., Omot., Chad.).

African (misc.) : Ijo aw_u_a_ 'yawn'; (?) Bantu *-yáyù id.

Reference : ND 1898.

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