Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*kām]
Meaning: having a specific taste (sweet ~ bitter)
Comments: PG *kam bitter.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kām
Meaning: desire
Tibetan: rkam to desire, to long; longing; skam to long for; longing (cf. also skom thirst, to thirst, skjem to be thirsty, skjems thirst).
Burmese: khamʔ be pleasant, attractive.
Kachin: kam1 be willing.
Comments: Cf. *gh(j)ăm 'satisfied' (the roots could have mutually influenced each other).