Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *siǝm
Meaning: heart, soul, think
Tibetan: sem(s) soul, sem(s) (p. sems, bsams, f. bsam, i. som) to think, bsam thought, thinking.
Burmese: simh be in the charge of, conceive (Luce).
Lushai: thiam to know.
Lepcha: a-sóm spirit, breath
Comments: Mantshati sem; Thebor sĭm; Kanauri sŏmzĕa; Rgyarung -sems-; Bahing sam breath, life. Simon 23; Sh. 37, 52, 135; Ben. 51; Luce 44.
