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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćăm
Meaning: moisten, soak
Chinese: 漸 *ćam moisten; dip down into; 潛 *ʒ́am go in water, sink.
Burmese: ćhamh to scatter or sprinkle (a liquid upon an article of food).
Kachin: čam2 be soaked, saturated.
Lepcha: ǯam to dip into water, to immerse
Comments: The OCh. word is also written as 瀸, which is a later (since Han) graphic variant.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lepcha,stibet-comments,

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