Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phuan
Meaning: cloth, garment
Kachin: phun3 put on and wear, as a coat.
Lushai: puan, pon cloth, a garment, KC *puan.
Comments: Rgyarung pũ- (K) put on (clothes); BG: Garo pin-dap cover, Dimasa phin ~ phun put on, wrap, cover, Bodo pin to cover. Sh. 163, 411; Ben. 81. Cf. Tani *pVn, Chepang pun, Kaike phon, Trung pɨn 'skin'. Cf. Austric: PAN *hapin 'lining, pad, diaper', *SabaN 'cloth used to carry a child on the back', PAA *pVn 'cloth'.
