Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *gŭm
Meaning: pillow, bed
Burmese: khum block bench, stool, table, raised brick or stone foundation of a building or pillar, base.
Kachin: lǝkhum4 a chair, a stool, (H) duŋkhum a pillow.
Lushai: khum a bed, KC *m-khum.
Lepcha: kám, a-kám a block of wood or stone used as a seat; thjak-kam, tăkám a pillow
Comments: Kanauri kum; Trung u1-kǝm1 pillow. Cf. also Burm. um pillow. Sh. 44, 133; Ben. 143.
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