Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/bjar ~ pjar

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *piar/biar (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *byar ⪤ *pyar (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972), *byɑ̂r~pyɑ̂r (Chou, 1972)

Related to.

Verb

 * 1) to affix, to plait, to sew, to braid

Descendants

 * Kamarupan
 * Kuki-Chin
 * Central Chin
 * Lushai [Mizo]:
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written ,