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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Seems to be related to အဘိုး(a.bhui:, “grandfather”) in the "male suffix" sense, as suggested by the STEDT entry "ă phui (ă bhuì) -> grandfather", and the "one in a pair" sense is likely related by semantic shift "male" > "one in a binary (male vs female)" > "one in a pair". Luce gives Old Chinese牡 (OC *mɯwʔ, “male”), Tibetanཕོ(pho, “person”) as cognates for the "male suffix" sense,[1] and Tibetanཕྱོགས(phyogs, “direction; for the sake of”) for the "one in a pair" sense.[2]”
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (phui "fireplace"), while Luce adduces Old Chinese庖 (OC *bruː, “kitchen”), Tibetanསྦུད་པ(sbud pa, “bellows”) as cognates.[3] Note also similarities to 鞴 (OC *brɯɡs, *baːɡs, *bɯɡ, “to saddle a horse; bellows”); while the "bellows" sense is rare and mostly occurs in Japanese, it is apparently attested in classical Chinese texts.”
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (47. Male Suffix (of bovids, animals, etc.))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 29
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (45. a Share; For...)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 29
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (46. Fireplace; Kiln; Bellows)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 29