འཕུར
Sherpa
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bjar ~ *p(i/u)r.
Verb
editའཕུར (phur)
- to fly
References
edit- Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre &al., Kathmandu 2009
Tibetan
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bjar ~ *p(i/u)r (“to fly”). Cognate with Old Chinese 飛 (OC *pɯl, “to fly”), 翂 (OC *pɯn, “appearance of birds flying slowly”), 奮 (OC *pɯns, “spread wings and fly”).
Pronunciation
edit- Old Tibetan: /*ᵐpʰur/
Verb
editའཕུར • ('phur) (nominal form འཕུར་བ)
- to fly