Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lɨ̄̆m

Meaning: round, circular

Chinese: 鐔 *l_ǝ̄m, *lǝm, *lhǝm knob or ring on sword handle.

Tibetan: zlum round, circular.

Burmese: lumh globular, spherical, be round, LB *(s)lumx.

Kachin: lum² be round.

Lushai: lum to roll, KC *lum; hlūm ball, KC *hlum.

Lepcha: tălam testicles

Kiranti: *ghlùm hatch ( < *'sit on eggs') (?)

Comments: Garo rom to roll; Kham lum; Trung aŋ³-kǝ³-lǝ̆m¹. Sh. 407, 411; Ben 42; Mat. 184. Cf. also STEDT 120-121 *t-lam 'egg', 115-116 *rum 'egg', *glim ~ *glip 'brood/incubate' (hardly independent roots but rather derivations from *lɨ̄̆m).