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Turkic etymology :

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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?
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Altaic etymology :

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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.
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Mongolian etymology :

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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.
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Tungus etymology :

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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.
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Nostratic etymology :

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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'].
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Uralic etymology :

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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.
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Kartvelian etymology :

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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.
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Dravidian etymology :

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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.
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South Dravidian etymology :

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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
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Nilgiri etymology :

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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
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Telugu etymology :

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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
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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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
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *āv-
Meaning : to yawn
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *āv-i (*s-)
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *āv-i (*s-)
Meaning : a yawn
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Koya Gondi : āvi
Number in DED : 392
Number in CVOTGD : 145
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North Dravidian etymology :

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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
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Brahui etymology :

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Brahui : āv-āning
Meaning : to yawn
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Number in DED : 392
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Long-range etymologies :

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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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