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.