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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pej
Meaning: carry, wear (smth. suspended, in a sheath)
Kachin: nphje4 to carry, as a bag or a sword suspended from the shoulder in native fashion; phai1 carry on the shoulder.
Lushai: pai to wear or gird on (as sword); pai a sheath, scabbard.
Comments: ? Cf. Bodo ban carry on the shoulder.
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Character: 鞞
Modern (Beijing) reading: bǐng
Preclassic Old Chinese: pēŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pḗŋ
Western Han Chinese: pḗŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: piḗŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: piḗŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: piḗŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: piḗŋ
Middle Chinese: piéŋ
English meaning : scabbard
Russian meaning[s]: ножны*
Comments: Also read (with a *-0 / *-ŋ alternation) as bǐ, MC pjé, OC *peʔ.
Radical: 177
Four-angle index: 9999
Karlgren code: 0874 x-y
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