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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *pHǟχV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: dust, steam
Proto-Tsezian: *pɔχ: (~-ʁ)
Proto-Dargwa: *paχI
Proto-West Caucasian: *p:aχ(I)a
Notes: The original laryngeal (-H-) is reflected as pharyngealization in Darg.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-cez,caucet-darg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,

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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *pɔχ: (~-ʁ)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 dust 2 steam
Bezhta: paχ 1
Gunzib: pɔχ 1,2
Comments: PGB *pɔχ.
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,

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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *paχI
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: dust
Akusha: paIh (Kait.)
Comments: Cf. also Gapsh., Tsud. püħ (with secondary vowel labialisation) id.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,

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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *p:aχ(I)a
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: steam
Adyghe: pāχ
Kabardian: bāχa
Comments: PAK *p:áχa.

    See Shagirov 1,69 (Shagirov is right in thinking that Abaz. baχ is a Kabardian loan - pace Abdokov 1973,40; there is, however, absolutely no reason to consider the Adygh. root an Arabic loan).

abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-comment,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *pHǟχV
Meaning: dust
North Caucasian: *pHǟχV
Sino-Tibetan: *pǝ̄wH (~ bh-)
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pǝ̄wH (~ bh-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to dust
Chinese: *p(r)ōʔ (~-ūʔ) to dust (by shaking clothes) (MC).
Burmese: ǝphu2 to dust, as by shaking a garment.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: bǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: p(r)ōʔ (~ -ūʔ)
Classic Old Chinese: p(r)ṓ
Western Han Chinese: pwā́
Eastern Han Chinese: pwā́
Early Postclassic Chinese: pṓw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pǝ̄̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese: pǝ̄̀w
Middle Chinese: pʌ́w
English meaning : to dust (by shaking clothes) [Tang]
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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