žiovauti

Lithuanian

Beždžionė žiovauja - The monkey yawns.

Etymology

Cognate to Latvian žàvât (“to yawn”), Proto-Slavic *zěvati (“to yawn”). Also related to Lithuanian žióti (“to gape, open wide”), Proto-Slavic *zijati (“to gape”).

Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁i-eh₂- (“to gape”).

Distantly related to Latin hio (“I yawn”), Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “I yawn”), English yawn.

Verb

žiovauti (third-person present tense žiovauja, third-person past tense žiovavo)

  1. to yawn

Declension

Derived terms

  • žiovulys (“yawn”) (noun)
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