Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phiǝ (-t)
Meaning: wipe, brush off
Tibetan: ãphji, ãphjid, dbji to wipe, to flot out, ãbji (p. bji, phji) be wiped off.
Comments: Cf. Austric: PAA *pajh 'push off, brush off' (also *po:jh 'sweep, broom'), PAN *payupas 'to sweep'.