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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pam
Meaning: subdue; be subdued, remain
Tibetan: ãpham (p. pham) be beaten, conquered (OT: be diminished, reduced, found wanting, of lesser quality).
Lepcha: bam remain
Comments: Thankur pǝm sit, Meithei pham id.; Garo bam-at subdue, bam submit; sit; Kanauri bam be defeated, pham defeat, win; Kham phùm to sit crouched. Ben. 125; Coblin 63-64.
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Character: 貶
Modern (Beijing) reading: biǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: premʔ
Classic Old Chinese: prém
Western Han Chinese: prjám
Eastern Han Chinese: prám
Early Postclassic Chinese: pém
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pém
Late Postclassic Chinese: pém
Middle Chinese: pém
English meaning : to diminish, weaken
Russian meaning[s]: 1) унижать; осуждать, порицать; снижать; 2) понижать в должности; разжаловать; уволить; 3) колоть; игла
Comments: In MC also read pɨ́m. Sino-Viet. biếm reflects rather MC *pèm, but there seems also to exist a regular reflex biê`m < *pém.
Radical: 154
Four-angle index: 6444
Karlgren code: 0641 d
Vietnamese reading: biếm
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Number: 1533
Character: 貶
MC description : 咸開三上琰幫
ZIHUI: 6312 1772
Beijing: pian 2
Jinan: piã 2
Xi'an: piã 2
Taiyuan: piɛ 2
Hankou: pian 2
Chengdu: pian 2
Yangzhou: pî̃ 2
Suzhou: pî 2
Wenzhou: pi 21
Changsha: piẽ 2
Shuangfeng: pî̃ 2
Nanchang: piɛn 2
Meixian: piɛn 3
Guangzhou: pin 21
Xiamen: pian 2
Chaozhou: pieŋ 21
Fuzhou: pieŋ 2
Shanghai: pî 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: pien 2
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *pen (?)
Meaning: to sit
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Yamphu dictionary :
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Entry: pemma
Stem: <pen-/pess- ; pen- ; pe:->
Grammar: v.intr.
Meaning: 1) to sit 2) to live, to stay somewhere 3) to remain, to stay on
Comments: 1) ab.e, säŋma, i.bex pen.ja.siʔ. (come.IMP mother's_younger_sister this.LOC sit.eat.SUP) Come, auntie, to sit [and rest] here. 2) pe:.n.ji.ŋ.ä hola, ni:.yak sum.yak pe:.n.ji.ŋ.ä. (sit.NP.DU.EXPS.FCT holā two.day three.day sit.NP.DU.EXPS.FCT) We'll stay [in the city] for two or three days, I think. 3) hago ek hapta.doʔ pel.leʔ.m.ä. (now ek haphtā.like sit.stop.INF.FCT) I'm only staying on for another week [before going away].
Nepali: basnu
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