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pìn
  1. 1.(of a bird, animal or plant) female
  2. 2.keyhole
  3. 3.valley

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  1. 1.female
  2. 2.female genitalia
  3. 3.gorge; valley
  4. 4.type of keyhole in ancient times

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *bilʔ, *binʔ): semantic 牛 (“cattle”) + phonetic 匕 (OC *pilʔ). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pwi(y)-n (“female, mother, big, molar”) (STEDT, Schuessler (2007)). Cognate with Mizo pui (“full-grown female, mother (generally used of animals)”, suffix or particle), ha-pui (“molar”); Jingpho wi ~ yi (“female”); etc.

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