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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phŭH
Meaning: swell
Tibetan: ãbu (p. ãbus) to open, unfold (of flowers).
Burmese: phuh to swell, pu to bulge.
Kachin: pu2 to bloom, bud.
Lushai: KC *pu bud.
Comments: Mikir iŋpu open, dilate, phu bud; Nung phu open, nam-phu blossom, bud. Bodo ha-pǝw mound. Sh. 65, 407; Ben. 62; STEDT 138-140 *ʔ-bǝw. Cf. *bhǝ̆wH; also Karen *b̄Vʔ, Miji thai-bau, Konyak *bu 'fat'. stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,
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Character: 阜
Modern (Beijing) reading: fù
Preclassic Old Chinese: bhuʔ
Classic Old Chinese: bhú
Western Han Chinese: bhǝ́w
Eastern Han Chinese: bhǝ́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: bhíw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ́w
Late Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ́w
Middle Chinese: bǝ́w
English meaning : be big and fat, ample; big mound, hill; 阜蟲 grasshopper
Russian meaning[s]: 1) вал, насыпь; 2) большой; много; полный, обильный
Comments: For *bh- cf. Fuzhou phaü6.
Radical: 170
Four-angle index: 2236
Karlgren code: 1108 a-c
Shijing occurrences: 14.1
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *hwĕbē ( ~ -ɨ-)
Meaning: mound, swelling (?)
Comments and references : Cf. perhaps PY *ʔabVL ( ~ x-, h-) 'stick, pole'; BCD 7.
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *hwĕbē ( ~ -ɨ-)
Meaning: post, pole; tower
Notes: An interesting common NC root (with a recurring semantic correlation 'pillar, tower' : 'cattle-shed', due to a described custom to keep cattle in towers).
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *bʡab ( ~ -w)
Meaning: tower
Chechen: bʕow
Ingush: wʕow
Comments: Obl. base *bʕawi-na- (Chech. bʕäwna-, Ing. wʕowno). 4th class in both languages.
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *HʷVbi
Meaning: post, pole; stem
Avar: ħubí
Chadakolob: ħubí
Comments: Av. paradigm B (ħubó-l, ħubá-l; Chad. ħubú-l, ħubá-l). Cf. also Av. Ants. (Mikailov 1959) ħubi 'a high rock, cliff'.
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *hǝbV ( ~ -e-,-ɨ-)
Meaning: stick
Tsezi: hibo
Ginukh: hebo
Comments: PTsKh *hǝbo.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *bawǝ ( ~ p:-)
Meaning: cattle-shed
Abkhaz: a-bóra,-bówra
Abaza: bora
Kabardian: bow
Comments: PAT *bawǝ-ra (with a common suffix -ra). Abkh. > Megr. aboura, abuura 'cattle-shed'; Kab. > Balk. bau id. See Shagirov 1, 101 (despite Klimov's opinion, quoted ibid., the Abkh. word - since it is clearly related to Kab. bow - has nothing to do with Slav. обор(а)).
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *habe
Meaning: 1 beam, rafter 2 column 3 sticks used to prop plants 4 tree 5 pillar
Bizkaian: abe 1, (arc) 4
Gipuzkoan: abe 1, 2
High Navarrese: abe 1, 2, 3
Lapurdian: habe 1
Zuberoan: hábe 1, 5
Comments: Some writers have used this word to denote the (Holy) Cross.
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