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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *wā
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: cane, bamboo
Chinese: 蒲 *bhā rush, reed; willow.
Tibetan: spa, sba cane.
Burmese: wah bamboo, LB *wax.
Kachin: kǝwa3 bamboo.
Lushai: rua (ro) a bamboo, KC *k-wa(?).
Kiranti: *[ʔp]a
Comments: BG: Garo waʔa, Dimasa wa; Moshang wa; Namsangia va; ? PG *mà cane (like bamboo). Sh. 431; Ben. 24; Mat. 193; Luce 8; Coblin 38-39 (compares OCh. 笆 *prā, *phrās a k. of prickly bamboo).
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