Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̄m

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: burn, blaze, heat

Chinese: 燂 *l_ǝ̄m, *lham to heat, blaze; to roast or boil soft.

Tibetan: slam to roast slightly; to parch.

Burmese: kjwamh parch, roast.

Kachin: gǝlam² to flash,as bright steel, cf. also brim² be bright, gǝbrim² to shine; (H) kǝpram to shine as the sun through the clouds, kǝbram to shine.

Lepcha: lím to flame up, as fire

Comments: Mantśati hlam-; Sh.138. Cf. also OCh. 炎 *lam, *lams blaze,blazing, *lam, *lām brilliant, magnificent, 燄 *lamʔ, *lams to flame up (but see also *GʷVm); Burm. ǝhljam brilliance, shine, mih-hljam flame; Kham pǝ̆laN bright, lit up. See Bod. 100; Ben. 48. Cf. *lɨ̆m.