Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *lúp (/*lúm)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to warm

Tulung: lüp- add (yeast to bear), lüm- cook lightly (meat or vegetables)

Kaling: 'lamnä ('laptu) to make warm (for fermentation)

Dumi: lɨmnɨ

Kulung: lumma

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: lɨmnɨ

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: vt-1 lɨm

Meaning: boil something in water

Nepali: usinnu.

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: lumma

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt-3 [1: lups- 2: lum-]

Meaning: make a little warm.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lɨ̆m

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: warm

Chinese: 尋 *lhǝm to warm up (food).

Burmese: lum be warm, hlum to warm one's self by a fire, to heat again, warm over.

Kachin: lum¹ warm, mǝlum¹ to heat, (H) sǝlum id.

Lushai: lum be warm or hot.

Lepcha: ljam to warm up food

Kiranti: *lúp / *lúm

Comments: Dimasa lim-lim be hot, have fever; Rawang lim warm, Trung lǝm². Sh. 40; Ben. 81; Bod. 106. Cf. *lǝ̄m.

Chinese characters :

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *lVmV ( ~ ʎ-, ƛ-)

Meaning: warm, to burn

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̄m

Burushaski: *lam

Comments and references : Cf. also PST *lɨ̆m `warm'.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *lam

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: to shine, glitter, burn

Hunza: lam, lálam, lamʒ́ám, limlám

Comments: Sh. lálam, lamʒ́ám

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : LVMV

Meaning : warm

Eurasiatic : *lVmV

Afroasiatic : *limaH-

Sino-Caucasian : *lVmV ( ~ ʎ-, ƛ-)

Amerind (misc.) : *lemp 'shine; sun, day' (R 624)

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *lVmV

Meaning: fire, warmth

Borean: Borean

Uralic: *lomV (*lamV) (cf. also *lämpV)

Kartvelian: *lemeč- (~-š-,-ǯ-) 'fire'

References: ND 2698 *ẑomV 'heat, sun' (Ur. + ??SH).

Uralic etymology :

Number: 496

Proto: *lomV (*lamV)

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: warmth; flame

German meaning: Wärme; Flamme

Mari (Cheremis): lompǝ̑ž (KB), lomǝ̑ž (B) 'Asche' ?

Udmurt (Votyak): lumi̮t (S M) 'warm, lauwarm, laulich'

Komi (Zyrian): lum (PO) 'жар' ( > Khanty O lum 'Wärme des Ofens', Mansi lum 'Glut'), loma (Vm.) 'головня, головешка', lomti̮- (S), vonti̮- (P) 'heizen (Ofen, Zimmer)'

Hungarian: láng (dial. lang) 'Flamme' ?

Kartvelian etymology :

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *limaH-

Meaning: shine, day

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *lVmaʕ/ḥ- 'shine'

Western Chadic: *liHam- 'sun' 1, 'sky' 2, 'God' 3, 'moon' 4

Semitic etymology :

Number: 794

Proto-Semitic: *lVmaʕ/ḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'shine'

Arabic: lmʕ/ḥ a,1

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *liHam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sky' 2, 'God' 3, 'moon' 4

Polchi: liyem 2,3

Dikshi: lim 4

Zaar: lèḿ 4

Dwot: lem- 2,3

Zakshi: lǝ̀m 4

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