#137 PTB *pʷam BELLY / STOMACH / WAIST |
Several languages have compounds for BELLY where the first element is from *wam and the second apparently from #1275 PTB *pu BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT: Hani (Caiyuan) ɔ³¹ pʰu³¹, Jinuo (Baya/Banai) vu⁵⁵ pʰu⁴⁴, Jinuo (Youle) ɣo⁵⁵ pʰu⁴⁴, and Karen u⁵⁵ pʰɤ⁵⁵.
See the long discussion of this etymon in VSTB pp. 124-7.