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Chinese characters :
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Character: �
Modern (Beijing) reading: yín
Preclassic Old Chinese: lǝm
Classic Old Chinese: lǝm
Western Han Chinese: lǝm
Eastern Han Chinese: źǝm
Early Postclassic Chinese: źim
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jim
Late Postclassic Chinese: jim
Middle Chinese: jim
English meaning : to covet, desire
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆m
Meaning: seek, search, covet
Kachin: (H) bram to seek, search for.
Lushai: lam search for, look for; buy, purchase, KC *lam.
Comments: Cf. also Lush. thlim to watch stealthily or furtively; Jnp. gjam1 to lie in wait for; to hunt, as game. Namsangia lam; Banpara lam. Sh. 434.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *lom
Meaning: search
Kaling: lwɔmnä (lomu) search, look for
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-kal,kiret-kul,
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: lamma
Grammar: vt-4 [1: lam- 2: lamm- 3: lam-]
Meaning: search, look for, seek, try
Nepali: khojnu.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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