kuap

Etymology
From, from , from , from ,. . The initial k- is hard to explain, though according to Adelaar (1992) it must have arisen through these stages: *ma-uap > *maŋ-uap from which colloquial nguap can be found. Prentice alternatively suggests a derivation from *kA-uap with loss of the first vowel.

Etymology
From, from , from. The initial k- is hard to explain, though according to Adelaar (1992) it must have arisen through these stages: *ma-uap > *ma-ŋuap from which dialectal nguap can be found. Prentice alternatively suggests a derivation from *kA-uap with loss of the first vowel.

Verb

 * 1) to yawn