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  1. 1.abdomen
  2. 2.stomach
  3. 3.belly

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  1. 1.belly; abdomen
  2. 2.belly-shaped object; belly (of a bottle, jar, etc.)
  3. 3.heart; mind
  4. 4.inside; interior
  5. 5.Classifier for for a full container of something.: stomachful

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *puɡ): semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 复 (OC *buɡ) – a part of the body. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-puːk (“belly; vitals; hollow object; cave”); cognate with 𥨍 (“cave”), Tibetan ཕུགས (phugs, “innermost parts”), Burmese ဗိုက် (buik, “belly; pregnancy”), အပေါက် (a.pauk, “hole”), Chepang तुक् (“belly; stomach”), Proto-Bodo-Garo *bi(ʔ)-buk (“guts”), Cogtse Situ [Term?] (tə-pōk, “belly”), Brag-bar Situ [Term?] (tə-vōk, “belly”), Proto-Tani *puk (“heart”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Zhang, Jacques, and Lai, 2019). Also compare Austroasiatic words: Proto-Mon-Khmer *bo()k (“belly”), Khmer ពោះ (pŭəh, “belly”), Vietnamese bụng (“belly”)(Shorto, 2006; Schuessler, 2007).

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