Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bŭ (-t)
Meaning: blow, breathe
Tibetan: ãbud (p. bus, phu(s), f. dbu, i. phu(s)) to blow, sbud bellows.
Burmese: phǝwʔ bellows.
Kachin: ǝphot2 to blow in puffs.
Lushai: phuʔ to blow out of the mouth.
Comments: PG *puCL breath, (?) *phw[ip] blow (with mouth); Kanauri phu- blow; Kham phwī to pump bellows, phōsa lung.
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