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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: "*t{i:}m" | Query method: Match substring
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tīm
Meaning: sink, merge
Chinese: 墊 *tīms merge in water, (cf. also 沾 *trem, *thēm to moisten).
Tibetan: dim to sink, thim to dissapear by being imbibed, absorbed; to sink, stim (p. bstims, f. bstim, i. stims) be absorbed in.
Burmese: thim to keep back, conceal, tim shallow; sunk, in decline.
Lepcha: thyám, thyóm to precipitate, to cleanse by precipitation, as to put rice into water to allow the sand and dirt to settle at bottom
Kiranti: *tä̀m
Comments: Simon 23; Luce 44; Gong 86. Here perhaps also Taraon tim 'drink'. Cf. PAN *edem 'soak, dye'.
Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tīm
Meaning: to throw down, suppress
Chinese: 墊 *tīms throw down; overwhelm
Kiranti: *tím / *típ
Comments: Cf. also Kaike ḍim- 'lie'. Perhaps = *tīm 'to sink, submerge'. Cf. *dhēp.
stibet-chin,stibet-chin,
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