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Proto-Kiranti: *bhu (// *ʔpu)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: snake, worm
Sunwar: bussu snake
Tulung: phucü crawling insect
Limbu: kubu a worm wich eats wood, tāŋ-bū blind snake
Dumi: bhuskam, bhusum, bhusuŋ, bhucaʔa
Kulung: bɔ̄sma 'k. of insect'; pu 'snake', puchɔ 'worm'
Yamphu: pu-ǯik 'bug, insect or worm', pu-sä:ʔ 'snake'
Comments: Sunwar, Tulung, Dumi and Kulung reflect a compound with *-c1ǝ.
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-sun,kiret-tul,kiret-lim,kiret-dum,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,kiret-notes,

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