Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jāp
Meaning: fan
Tibetan: jab fan, g-job (p. g-jobs) to move about, to swing, brandish.
Burmese: jap to fan; to wave (hand); a fan.
Lushai: zāp (zaʔ) to fan, winnow; KC *jāpʔ.
Comments: Mikir hi-ǯap, Banpara raŋ-zep; ?BG: Dimasa ǯau, Garo čo row, paddle, dig; Miri mǝyap. Sh. 430, Ben 32. ? Cf. also Jnp. lǝyit2 to fan.