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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *riǝmH
Meaning: fear, threaten
Chinese: *r_ǝmʔ (~ -imʔ) full of fear, respectful; 禁 *krǝms forbid, prevent, forbidden ground.
Tibetan: khrims right, custom; law, lawsuit.
Burmese: khrimh, krimh threaten, be threatened, terrified.
Kachin: ǝkhrim1 to threaten, to alarm as with a threat, mǝkrim1 set the teeth on edge.
Comments: Dimasa migrim fear. Luce 44, Coblin 127-128, Ben. 81. Cf. PAA *bri:m 'afraid' (also other forms, see Peiros 1998, 226).
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: lǐn
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)ǝmʔ (~ -imʔ)
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ǝ́m
Western Han Chinese: r(h)ǝ́m
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)ǝ́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ím
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ím
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ím
Middle Chinese: lím
English meaning : full of fear, respectful
Russian meaning[s]: 1) страх; бояться; 2) благоговение; трепет; трепетать; быть покорным; 3) грозный
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 5418
Karlgren code: 0668 d
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