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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: "*kr{y}am" | Query method: Match substring
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *krɨam
Meaning: pinch, nip off
Chinese: 拑 *gh(r)am pinch.
Tibetan: ãgrum (p. grum) to pinch or nip off (the point of a thing), cut off, prune, lop.
Kachin: krum1 to trim, prume, lop (as dead branches from a tree).
Comments: Irregular gh- in OCh. is due to the influence of *khăm tongs q. v.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kach,stibet-comments,

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