Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *pV̄jV̆

Meaning: to bend, incline

Sino-Tibetan: *ph(r)ăj

Yenisseian: *pɨ̄(j)-

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phrăj

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lean, incline

Chinese: 跛 *p(r)ajs to lean to one side.

Tibetan: ãphre (p. ãphres) to incline, to lean against; to put down, to lean down; phred, ãphred cross, transverse, across, obliquely.

Lushai: (?) phei level, flat, horizontal.

Comments: Bodo pér one side being raised; ? PG *phe(C) flat. Cf. also OC 拜 prēt-s 'to bend, bow in obeisance'.

Chinese characters :

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *pɨ̄(j)-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bent, hooked, oblique

Ket: hɨ:śi⁴; Bak., Sur. hɨ:śǝ⁴ / hɨśǝ⁴; South. hɨś⁴

Yug: fɨ:^hs

Kottish: fiafui, phiafui "schief, Schiefe"

Comments: ССЕ 250. The comparison is possible if Ket -ś(i) is an original attributive suffix. The element -fui in Kottish is perhaps identifiable with the root of the verb fui 'to wind' (see *pVʔV). Werner 1, 345 <*p^hɨʔǝsǝ / *p^hɨʔ->.

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