Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *thùm(s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: gather

Tulung: thomsi- gather for ceremony

Kaling: thamnä (thumu) collect

Limbu: thummā (thumsu) join

Yamphu: thupma 'to pull together'

Comments: Cf. *[d(h)]úm(s) 'finish' (with confusion in Limbu)

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: tummaʔ, -tums-/-tum-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) gather, gather together; 2) arrange a meeting, cause to meet 3) complete (a task initiated but unfinished)

Derivation: [caus. < tummaʔ meet]

Comments: 1) siN tums-u (wood gather-3P) He has gathered wood 2) tums-u-N-si-N (cause to meet-3P-1sA-nsP-1sA) I arranged a meeting between them; 3) tumsuN I have completed it.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: thupma I

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <thub- ; thup->

Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.

Meaning: to fasten, to pull together, to pull and tie together

Comments: cf. hi:kma 'to tie', 'to bind' and khipma 'to tie up, to fetter'; balliyo thup.cups.o. (baliyo fasten.close.ARQ) Tie it up well.

Nepali: bādhnu, kasnu

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *thVm ( ~ d-)

Meaning: grasp, seize

Tibetan: thams to embrace, ãtham (p. thams) to seize, to grasp, to embrace, to join.

Burmese: ǝtam handle.

Kachin: (H) thim to hold in custody.

Kiranti: *thùm(s)

Comments: Luce 41.

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