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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: bǒ
Preclassic Old Chinese: pājʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pā́j
Western Han Chinese: pā́j
Eastern Han Chinese: pǟ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: pā́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pā́
Late Postclassic Chinese: pā́
Middle Chinese: pwâ ́
English meaning : to winnow, sift
Comments: Also read *pājʔ-s, MC pwầ (FQ 補過), Pek. bò. The character presents some problems: it can be alternatively written (during L.Zhou) as 播 (q.v.), which suggests a reconstruction *pārʔ (with a dialectal change *-r > -j in MC, just as in 播), and a comparison with Tib. ãphjar 'to fan, sift, winnow' etc. (see under 播). However, the oldest attestations with 皮 as phonetic seem to favor *-j, and there is an alternative ST parallel: PST *paj > Burm. paj 'put aside, expel', Lush. paih 'to throw away, fling away, strike out', Kach. kǝbai2 'to throw' (see IST 63).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0025 n
Go-on: ha
Kan-on: ha
Japanese reading: ha;hiru;aoru
Jianchuan Bai: po1
Dali Bai: po1
Bijiang Bai: põ1-, po4
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pāj(H)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: throw
Chinese: *pājʔ to winnow.
Burmese: paj to put away, decline, expel.
Kachin: gǝbai2 to throw.
Lushai: paiʔ to throw away, fling away, strike out.
Comments: Sh. 63. In Chinese the root has partially merged with *bjārH q.v. Cf. Kulung phuima; Bodo to sow seeds.
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Number: 2424
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : A: 果合一上果幫; B: 果合一去過幫
ZIHUI: A: 4684 0225; B: 4684 0226
Beijing: A: po 2; B: po 3
Jinan: A: pǝ 2; B: pǝ 3
Xi'an: A: po 2; B: po 3
Taiyuan: A: pǝ 2; B: pǝ 3
Hankou: A: po 3; B: po 3
Chengdu: A: po 2; B: po 2
Yangzhou: A: po 2; B: po 2
Suzhou: A: pu 11; B: pu 11
Wenzhou: A: ; B:
Changsha: A: po 2; B: po 31
Shuangfeng: A: pû 11; B: pû 11
Nanchang: A: po 11; B: po 31
Meixian: A: pɔ 11; B: pɔ 3
Guangzhou: A: pɔ 21; B: pɔ 31
Xiamen: A: pɔ 31 (lit.); pua 31; B: pɔ 31 (lit.); pua 31
Chaozhou: A: pua 31; B: pua 31
Fuzhou: A: pɔ 11; B: pɔ 31 (lit.); pua 11
Shanghai: A: pu 1; B: pu 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: A: puo 2; B: puo 3
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṗVHV
Meaning: to throw, strew
Sino-Tibetan: *pāj(H)
Burushaski: *pháu
Comments and references : ? Cf. Basq. *bahe 'sieve' (in BCD 31 compared with NC *=if_V 'sift').
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *pháu
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: to strew, sow
Yasin: pháu
Hunza: pháo
Nagar: pháo
Comments: Sh. pháo
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