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Modern (Beijing) reading: pèng
Preclassic Old Chinese: pǝ̄ŋs
Classic Old Chinese: pǝ̄ŋh
Western Han Chinese: pǝ̄ŋh
Eastern Han Chinese: pǝ̄ŋh
Early Postclassic Chinese: pǝ̄̀ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pǝ̄̀ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: pǝ̄̀ŋ
Middle Chinese: pл̀ŋ
English meaning : to bury
Comments: Modern p- is irregular (bèng would be expected).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bɨ̄m
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: grave, tumulus
Chinese: *pǝ̄ŋs to bury (cf. also 窆 *pram ~ -ǝm to lower a coffin into the grave).
Tibetan: ãbum tomb, sepulchre.
Burmese: pum heap; grave, tumulus.
Kachin: bum2 a mountain.
Lushai: phūm to bury, to inter.
Comments: Luce 46.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṗV́mV̄
Meaning: earth; grave
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Sino-Tibetan: *bɨ̄m
Yenisseian: *baʔŋ
Comments and references : Cf. PEC *bHuf_V 'dung, dirt' - if it is related the PSC form should be *ṗV́xmV.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *baʔŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: earth
Ket: baʔŋ; baŋŋus5, pl. baŋŋuŋ5 "dug-out"
Yug: baʔŋ
Kottish: paŋ, pl. -an "Erde, Land; Stelle; Thon"; pak (Бол.) "earth"; Ass. paŋ (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.), pan (Кл.) "earth"; Koib. (Мес., П) paŋ "earth"
Arin: peŋ (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.); pieŋ (Стр.); pem (Лоск.) "earth"
Pumpokol: biŋ (Сл., Срсл., Кл.)
Comments: ССЕ 205. Werner 1, 110 *baʔŋ.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : PVMV
Meaning : earth, mound
Sino-Caucasian : *ṗV́mV̄
Austric : PAA *bɨm / *bǝm 'mountain'
Notes : AA may be < ST.
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