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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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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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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: dàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: l(h)āmʔ
Classic Old Chinese: l(h)ā́m
Western Han Chinese: l(h)ā́m
Eastern Han Chinese: l(h)ā́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ā́m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ā́m
Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ā́m
Middle Chinese: dấm
English meaning : insipid
Russian meaning[s]: 1) слабый; жидкий; пресный; 2) бледный, неинтересный; безразличный; безжизненный; 3) скудный, тощий (о доходах); 4) азот
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 5495
Karlgren code: 0617 o
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1211
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 咸開一去鬫定
ZIHUI: 3225 1663
Beijing: tan 3
Jinan: tã 3
Xi'an: tã 3
Taiyuan: tä̃ 3
Hankou: tan 3
Chengdu: tan 3
Yangzhou: tɛ̃ 3
Suzhou: de_ 32
Wenzhou: da 22
Changsha: tan 31 (lit.); tan 32
Shuangfeng: dã 32
Nanchang: than 32
Meixian: tham 3
Guangzhou: tām 32
Xiamen: tam 32
Chaozhou: tã 22
Fuzhou: taŋ 32
Shanghai: te_ 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: tam 3
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