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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: umma II
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <ups- ; um->
Grammar: v.tr.
Meaning: to suck on something in the mouth, to keep in the mouth without chewing.
Nepali: mukhmā cepnu
yamet-prnum,yamet-stem,yamet-pspeech,yamet-meaning,yamet-nepali,

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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *ʔum
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: put in mouth
Limbu: ummā (upsu) put in mouth
Kulung: umma
Yamphu: umma
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-lim,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,

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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: umma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vt-2 [1: ups- 2: um-]
Meaning: eat by throwing a mouthful at a time into the mouth, catch with open mouth
Nepali: bukāunu.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʔɨ̄mH
Meaning: hold in mouth
Chinese: *ʔǝ̄mʔ hold in the mouth.
Tibetan: ʔum a kiss.
Kachin: mǝ-um1 hold in the mouth.
Lepcha: ŭm receive into mouth without swallowing
Kiranti: *ʔum
Comments: Mikir om chew, mouthful; Miri um-bom hold (as inside the mouth); Nung am ; Dhimal am drink. Ben. 36, 143; Coblin 95. STEDT 236-237 *mum 'kiss, suckle, milk' (listing the Tib. form and a variety of Tani, Kuki-Naga and Tujia forms possibly going back to *m-ʔɨ̄mH, cf. the Jingpaw form). Cf. Austric: PAN *luqum 'hold in the mouth', PAA *ʔVm id.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kach,stibet-lepcha,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: ǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʔǝ̄mʔ
Classic Old Chinese: ʔǝ̄́m
Western Han Chinese: ʔǝ̄́m
Eastern Han Chinese: ʔǝ̄́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝ̄́m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝ̄́m
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʔǝ̄́m
Middle Chinese: ʔл́m
English meaning : hold in the mouth
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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