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Character: �
Modern (Beijing) reading: fu
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 : underground dwelling, cave
Comments: Also read *bhuk, MC bük id.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phū̆k
Meaning: hole, cave
Tibetan: phug the bladder, in reference to its capaciousness, cavern, the eye of a needle, sbugs id., bug hole.
Lushai: pūk a cave, cavern, a den, KC *pūk.
Comments: Miri sap-puük cave; Rawang luŋ-pu cave. Sh. 51; Ben. 77. The meaning ('burst') in Kiranti is influenced by another ST root, *puak q.v. stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *bhúk(-s)
Meaning: burst, explode
Sunwar: 'būk-ca
Kaling: 'bhunä ('bhuktu)
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-sun,kiret-kal,kiret-lim,kiret-dum,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: phɔkmaʔ, -phɔkt-/-phɔk-
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: 1) go off, explode (timmǝk rifle, bǝm bomb); emit a loud noise; erupt; 2) rupture, cave in
Comments: 1) kɛhukʔin phɔktɛ ro:! Your hands sure emitted a loud clap!; timmǝkʔin phɔktɛ The rifle went off; cf. phɔNmaʔ 2)\x kubo:Nʔo: phɔktɛ rǝcǝ So, it caved in at the base; cf. thupmaʔ, yɔmaʔ. limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,limet-comments,
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: boknɨ
Grammar: vi-3 bukh/buk-bok
Meaning: be smashed, break, be or become broken, burst
Nepali: phuṭnu.
dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,dumet-nepali,
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: pɔ:ma
Grammar: vt-2 [1: pɔks- 2: pɔ:-]
Meaning: send, send away, pop (of maize), explode
Nepali: paṭhāunu.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: pokma II
Stem: <pog- ; pok->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: 1) v.intr. to burst; 2) v.tr. to cause to burst.
Nepali: phuṭnu, phuṭāunu
yamet-prnum,yamet-stem,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,
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