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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *tím / *típ
Meaning: step on
Tulung: tim- press, squeeze, crush (underfoot)
Kaling: 'tamnä ('taptu) step on
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-tul,kiret-kal,kiret-dum,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,
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Dumi dictionary :
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Entry: timnɨ
Grammar: vt-1 tim
Meaning: press (for juice or te:lɨm oil)
Nepali: tel athavā ras nikālnu-lāī pelnu.
dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,dumet-nepali,
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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: timma
Grammar: vt-4 [1: tim- 2: timm- 3: tim-]
Meaning: push, press on
Nepali: thicnu.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: timma
Stem: <tips- ; tim->
Grammar: v.intr. & v.tr.
Meaning: to press with your finger or with your hand.
Nepali: thicnu
yamet-prnum,yamet-stem,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tīm
Meaning: to throw down, suppress
Comments: Cf. also Kaike ḍim- 'lie'. Perhaps = *tīm 'to sink, submerge'. Cf. *dhēp. stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 墊
Modern (Beijing) reading: diàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: tīms
Classic Old Chinese: tīmh
Western Han Chinese: tjǝ̄mh
Eastern Han Chinese: tiǝ̄mh
Early Postclassic Chinese: tiḕm
Middle Postclassic Chinese: tiḕm
Late Postclassic Chinese: tiḕm
Middle Chinese: tìem
English meaning : to submerge
Russian meaning[s]: 1) подпорка; подкладка, подушка, подстилка; рессора; 2) восполнить; доплатить; авансировать; уплатить (за кого-л.); 3) опуститься, пасть; 4) быть затопленным
Comments: Later attested are the meanings 'throw down, overwhelm'; 'bottom' > 'support; pillow, mattress' (which makes probable the borrowed character of Viet. nệm - although the nasal initial is still strange). Standard Sino-Viet. is d_iếm.
Radical: 32
Four-angle index: 245
Karlgren code: 0685 o
Vietnamese reading: nệm
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