Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phān ( / *phāŋ)
Meaning: throw, cast
Tibetan: ãphen (p. ãphaŋs, ãphaŋ, i. phoŋ(s)) to throw, to cast, to fling.
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 放 *paŋs release, expel (Coblin 106) [Gong 74 compares 放 to Tib. spoŋ, spaŋ give up, renounce, Burm. phaŋh procrastinate, delay].