Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*phuŋ ( ~ bh-)]
Meaning: flower
Comments: Vayu puŋʔ; Bahing phuŋ. Sh. 146. STEDT 207-208 lists *m-boŋ 'breast', sparsely attested in Deng, Naga, Mikir, Bodo and Tangut, and according to French 1983 being associated with 'flower' (but hardly as "flower" = "tree"+"breast"; rather "nipple" = "(breast) flower"). Cf. Austric: PAA *pVŋ, PAN *buŋa 'flower, blossom', *puŋu 'bunch, cluster' and PA *pòŋa ( ~ *p`-) 'bud'.
