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Sino-Tibetan etymology : Search within this database Proto-Sino-Tibetan: "*P{@}{:}" | Query method: Match substring
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pǝ̄ wH (~ bh-)
Meaning: to dust
Burmese: ǝphu2 to dust, as by shaking a garment.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pǝ̄
Meaning: hole
Tibetan: ãba hole, cave, cavern.
Burmese: pha to fill up a hole.
Comments: Cf. *[ph]āH mend, patch: the two roots are very similar and tend to influence each other. We can probably relate here some TB forms meaning 'mouth': Karen *pu.T, Ao Naga *pV, Hmar bau. stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-comments,
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