Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phrăj
Meaning: lean, incline
Tibetan: ãphre (p. ãphres) to incline, to lean against; to put down, to lean down; phred, ãphred cross, transverse, across, obliquely.
Lushai: (?) phei level, flat, horizontal.
Comments: Bodo pér one side being raised; ? PG *phe(C) flat. Cf. also OC 拜 prēt-s 'to bend, bow in obeisance'.