Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *brēɫ
Meaning: divide, separate
Tibetan: ãphral (p. phral, f. dbral, i. phrol) to separate, to part, ãbral (p. bral, i. brol) be separated, parted from.
Comments: Kham pǝ̀l to chop wood, to butcher an animal. Cf. also Lush. ṭhīl ( < *p(h)rīl ?) be separated from one another; phel to split, cut in halves. Coblin 65.