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Character: 蝮
Modern (Beijing) reading: fù
Preclassic Old Chinese: phuk
Classic Old Chinese: phuk
Western Han Chinese: phǝuk
Eastern Han Chinese: phǝuk
Early Postclassic Chinese: phɨuk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phuk
Late Postclassic Chinese: phuk
Middle Chinese: phük
English meaning : venomous snake
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1034 j
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phŭ
Meaning: snake, worm
Tibetan: ãbu worm, insect.
Burmese: pǝwh, LB *pǝwx insect.
Kachin: lǝpu1 snake.
Lepcha: bŭ
Comments: BG: Bodo zi-bǝw snake, Garo tśi-pu, Dimasa dźŭ-bu; Moshang, Namsangia pu; Gurung *puLluŋ caterpillar; Trung bǝ1. Sh. 51; Ben. 19; Mat. 176.
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *bhu (// *ʔpu)
Meaning: snake, worm
Sunwar: bussu snake
Tulung: phucü crawling insect
Limbu: kubu a worm wich eats wood, tāŋ-bū blind snake
Comments: Sunwar, Tulung, Dumi and Kulung reflect a compound with *-c1ǝ.
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: bhuskam
Grammar: n.
Meaning: fly, midge
Nepali: pipsā (which according to Rabinovic et al. (1968: 685) applies especially to midges flying around open cesspools)
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: bɔ:sma
Grammar: n.
Meaning: kind of insect (resembling a fly, but a bit larger)
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: pujik
Grammar: n.
Meaning: bug, insect or worm.
Nepali: kirā
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