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pho:


Let us consider the following bi-syllabic words which has pho as the first member:


1. pho nya “messenger”

2. pho brang “palace”

3. pho lha (only as a family name as in Pho-lha-nas?)

4. pho tshod “estimation” or “also sense of judgement”? (Not recorded in Jäschke 1881 but in the BTC)

5. pho rog “raven (perhaps also crow)”

6. pho long “stomach/belly” (Not recorded in Jäschke 1881).

Could there be a common meaning of the word pho in all these words? If so, what?