Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŏ
Meaning: elder female relative
Kachin: nu4, gǝnu2 a mother; a mother's sister.
Lushai: nu a mother; a step-mother, a mother-in-law etc., KC *nu, anu a mother.
Lepcha: nju, a-nju an aunt, also applied to elder sister, wife
Comments: Moshang nyu mother; Banpara -nu id. Sh. 441.
