Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ph(j)Vt
Meaning: demon, malignant spirit
Tibetan: bjad enemy, a wicked demon.
Burmese: phut a wicked demon living in mountains, woods.
Kachin: (H) šǝpot a k. of malignant nat.
Comments: Cf. PAN *abat 'spirit that causes sickness'.
