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Character: 補
Modern (Beijing) reading: bǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: pāʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pā́
Western Han Chinese: pā́
Eastern Han Chinese: pā́
Early Postclassic Chinese: pṓ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pṓ
Late Postclassic Chinese: pṓ
Middle Chinese: pó
English meaning : to mend, repair
Russian meaning[s]: 1) пополнить; укомплектовать; дополнительный; 2) возместить; уплатить; 3) занять вакансию; 4) укрепить; поддержать; 5) починить, залатать; заштопать; заплата; исправить
Comments: A later meaning is 'to appoint (to an office or post)' (reflected in Sino-Viet.). A later meaning in Chinese is 'to compensate for, make up', reflected in a (probably quite late) Viet. loanword bù id.
Radical: 145
Four-angle index: 3650
Karlgren code: 0102 |c ́
Vietnamese reading: bô`
Jianchuan Bai: pu1
Dali Bai: pu1
Bijiang Bai: pü1
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]āH
Meaning: mend, patch
Burmese: pha to mend, patch, repair.
Kachin: (Mat.) pa2 be mended, (H) kǝpa to mend.
Comments: Rawang pha sew, ǝpha adhere (intr.), dǝpha adhere (tr.). Ben. 122; Mat. 167; Luce 4. Cf. *Pǝ̄ hole. stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpǝ̀(-n)
Meaning: knit
Kaling: pönä (pɔŋɔ) weave, knit, crochet, pöpä weaver, pönpä woven
Comments: Toba 98 *pem- (erroneously).
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: phɔ:maʔ, phɔy-/-phɔ:-
Grammar: vt.
Meaning: braid, plait, intertwine (eg. thɛge:kʔi hair, pɔʔe:ʔl winnowing basket, lo:m- bhɛʔl a ma_dro, pɔkwa basket, khaʔnam strap of a thɔNga)
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: pɨnɨ
Grammar: vt-6a pa-pu/puy-pɨ-po
Meaning: weave, manufacture by weaving
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: bǝma
Grammar: vt-6 [1: bui- 2: bu- 3: bǝi- 4: bǝ-]
Meaning: weave
Nepali: bunnu.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: a:ma I
Stem: <a:s- ; a:->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: to plait or weave baskets etc., as opposed to akma to weave with thread or straw.
Nepali: bunnu
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 1719
Character: 補
MC description : 遇合一上姥幫
ZIHUI: 5943 0732
Beijing: pu 2
Jinan: pu 2
Xi'an: pu 2
Taiyuan: pu 2
Hankou: pu 2
Chengdu: pu 2
Yangzhou: pu 2
Suzhou: pu 2
Wenzhou: pu 21
Changsha: pu 2
Shuangfeng: pu 2
Nanchang: pu 2
Meixian: pu 2
Guangzhou: pou 21
Xiamen: pɔ 2
Chaozhou: pou 21
Fuzhou: puɔ 2
Shanghai: pu 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: pu 2
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