Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Prū
Meaning: womb, uterus
Tibetan: phru, ãphru uterus, matrix of animals; urinary bladder.
Comments: Bod. 142; Coblin 161; Gong 51. STEDT 293-296 *r-bu ~ pru, listing also forms from Abor-Miri, Miju, Kuki-Chin, Bodo-Garo, Gyarung, LB and Karen. It is worth noting that none of the forms except Chin. and Tib. has any trace of -r- (cf. Lush. bu 'nest', Jingpaw pu-ǯat 'womb', Gyarong ta-pu 'womb, placenta' etc.).
