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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *bä́ ( ~ *bǝ́, *bá)
Meaning: elder
Tulung: 'baw elder son or brother
Comments: In the comp. *bä́-wä́, see *wä́)
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Limbu dictionary :
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Entry: phu, -mphu
Grammar: n.
Meaning: 1) elder brother, 2) elder male cousin through paternal uncle or maternal aunt, 3) wife's elder sister's husband, 4) husband's elder brother, 5) husband's elder sister's husband.
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: bu
Grammar: n.
Meaning: 1. elder brother 2. wife's elder sister's husband 3. husband's elder sister's husband
Nepali: dāi.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *po
Meaning: kinship term
Tibetan: (Ben.) phu-bo elder brother.
Burmese: ǝphǝwh grandfather, bǝwh father; LB *p[h]ǝwx.
Kachin: kǝphu2 elder brother.
Lushai: pu a grandfather.
Comments: Mikir phu; BG: Garo bu, Bodo bǝ́w grandfather; Kham bobo husband's father. Ben. 19. Cf. PAN *pueq, *e(m)pu 'lord, master'.
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