yawn
要点あくびをする、あくび
意味
- あくびをする
- 〈口・割れ目などが〉大きく開く
- …とあくびをしながら言う
- あくび
例文
It's not polite to yawn when someone is talking.
人が話してるときにあくびをするのは失礼ですよ。
Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.
咳、くしゃみ、あくびをする時は口を手で隠しなさい。
Every time I looked at him, he was yawning.
彼を見るたびに彼はあくびをしていた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Partly from Middle English yanen, yonen, yenen (“to yawn”), from Old English ġeonian, ġinian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *ginōn, from Proto-Germanic *ginōną (“to yawn”); and partly from Middle English gonen (“to gape, yawn”), from Old English gānian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *gainōn, from Proto-Germanic *gainōną (“to yawn, gape”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-, *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to yawn, gape”).