Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nǝ̄m
Meaning: sky
Tibetan: gnam, nam-mkha heaven, sky, (?) nam night.
Burmese: nam sky (Luce).
Comments: PG *nàm rain; Rawang nam sun; Trung năm2-luŋ1; Kham nàm; Magari nam~nyam ; Chepang nyam sun; Vayu nomo sun, day; Bahing nam. Sh. 143; Ben. 148.