Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/d-bu-s

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dbuɣ (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *d-bu-s (Matisoff, STEDT); *(d-)bu (Chou, 1972); *(d-)bu (*B) (Coblin, 1986); *-u (LaPolla, 1987)

Noun

 * 1) head

Descendants

 * Old Chinese: uncertain, perhaps 
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Kiranti
 * ("head") (Opgenort, 2011)
 * Jingpho-Asakian
 * Jingpho
 * Jingpho [Kachin]: u baw
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * (Matisoff, 2003)
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * Loloish
 * (Bradley, 1979)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):, also in compounds
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern):