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Number: 1236
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 咸開四平添定
ZIHUI: 3929 1799
Beijing: thian 12
Jinan: thiã 12
Xi'an: thiã 12
Taiyuan: thiɛ 1
Hankou: thian 12
Chengdu: thian 12
Yangzhou: thî̃ 12
Suzhou: dî 12
Wenzhou: di 12
Changsha: thiẽ 12
Shuangfeng: dî̃ 12
Nanchang: thiɛn 12
Meixian: thiam 12
Guangzhou: thim 12
Xiamen: tiam 12 (lit.); thi_̃ 12
Chaozhou: tiǝm 12
Fuzhou: tieŋ 12
Shanghai: tî 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: thiem 12
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: tián
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhēm
Classic Old Chinese: lhēm
Western Han Chinese: lhjam
Eastern Han Chinese: lhjam
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhjem
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhjem
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhjem
Middle Chinese: diem
English meaning : sweet [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сладкий, вкусный; 2) привлекательный
Comments: For *lh cf. Xiamen thĩ2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 135
Four-angle index: 1025
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lV̄mH
Meaning: sweet, tasty, saltless
Chinese: *l_āmʔ insipid; *lhēm sweet
Kachin: phram1 to taste (of spices), (H) kǝ̆phram id.
Lushai: thlum sweet, taste sweet.
Lepcha: kljam, khljam to be sweet, to be pleasant to the taste
Kiranti: *lèm
Comments: Manang lim. Ben. 75; Bod. 99.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *lèm
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: sweet
Tulung: lem- be sweet, flatter, seduce, comfort, lepma sugar
Kaling: lemnä (lemu) to comfort, entice, lempä, lemlem lüpä sweet
Limbu: lim sweet, lemmā (lemmu) to allure, sweet-talk, deceive
Dumi: lemnɨ
Kulung: lemlempa a., lemma v.
Yamphu: remma 'to deceive'; rimma 'to be sweet'
Comments: Toba 97 *lem.
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: limmaʔ, -limd-/-lim-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: taste sweet, be sweet; taste salty, be salty
Comments: limdɛi:? Does it taste sweet (salty)?; cf. limba, kɛlimba; lakmaʔ; lɛ:mmaʔ.
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: lemnɨ
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: vi-3 li:m-lem
Meaning: be sweet, taste sweet
Comments: cf. kha:nɨ, lempɨ, tsɨrnɨ.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: lemlempa
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: adj.
Meaning: sweet
Nepali: guliyo.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: rimma I
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <rips- ; rim->
Grammar: v.intr.
Meaning: to be sweet
Comments: k.äxä sa:ro rips.a. (I.POS sāhro be_sweet.PT) Mine was really sweet.
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