Limbu dictionary : List with all references

Entry: phɔ:maʔ, phɔy-/-phɔ:-

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: braid, plait, intertwine (eg. thɛge:kʔi hair, pɔʔe:ʔl winnowing basket, lo:m- bhɛʔl a ma_dro, pɔkwa basket, khaʔnam strap of a thɔNga)

Comments: cf. lipmaʔ, tha:ktha:kmaʔ.

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔpǝ̀(-n)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: knit

Kaling: pönä (pɔŋɔ) weave, knit, crochet, pöpä weaver, pönpä woven

Limbu: phomā (phondu) knit

Dumi: pɨnɨ

Kulung: bǝma

Yamphu: a:ma

Comments: Toba 98 *pem- (erroneously).

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: pɨnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-6a pa-pu/puy-pɨ-po

Meaning: weave, manufacture by weaving

Comments: cf. bhoknɨ vt-2a (2), toʔo, thɨri.

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: bǝma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt-6 [1: bui- 2: bu- 3: bǝi- 4: bǝ-]

Meaning: weave

Nepali: bunnu.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: a:ma I

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <a:s- ; a:->

Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.

Meaning: to plait or weave baskets etc., as opposed to akma to weave with thread or straw.

Nepali: bunnu

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]āH

Meaning: mend, patch

Chinese: 補 *pāʔ to mend, patch.

Burmese: pha to mend, patch, repair.

Kachin: (Mat.) pa² be mended, (H) kǝpa to mend.

Kiranti: *ʔpǝ̀(-n)

Comments: Rawang pha sew, ǝpha adhere (intr.), dǝpha adhere (tr.). Ben. 122; Mat. 167; Luce 4. Cf. *Pǝ̄ hole.

Chinese characters :

Character: 補

Modern (Beijing) reading: bǔ

Preclassic Old Chinese: pāʔ

Classic Old Chinese: pā́

Western Han Chinese: pā́

Eastern Han Chinese: pā́

Early Postclassic Chinese: pṓ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pṓ

Late Postclassic Chinese: pṓ

Middle Chinese: pó

English meaning : to mend, repair

Russian meaning[s]: 1) пополнить; укомплектовать; дополнительный; 2) возместить; уплатить; 3) занять вакансию; 4) укрепить; поддержать; 5) починить, залатать; заштопать; заплата; исправить

Comments: A later meaning is 'to appoint (to an office or post)' (reflected in Sino-Viet.). A later meaning in Chinese is 'to compensate for, make up', reflected in a (probably quite late) Viet. loanword bù id.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 145

Four-angle index: 3650

Karlgren code: 0102 |c ́

Vietnamese reading: bô`

Jianchuan Bai: pu1

Dali Bai: pu1

Bijiang Bai: pü1

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1719

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 補

MC description : 遇合一上姥幫

ZIHUI: 5943 0732

Beijing: pu 2

Jinan: pu 2

Xi'an: pu 2

Taiyuan: pu 2

Hankou: pu 2

Chengdu: pu 2

Yangzhou: pu 2

Suzhou: pu 2

Wenzhou: pu 21

Changsha: pu 2

Shuangfeng: pu 2

Nanchang: pu 2

Meixian: pu 2

Guangzhou: pou 21

Xiamen: pɔ 2

Chaozhou: pou 21

Fuzhou: puɔ 2

Shanghai: pu 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: pu 2

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