Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Pam
Meaning: subdue; be subdued, remain
Tibetan: ãpham (p. pham) be beaten, conquered (OT: be diminished, reduced, found wanting, of lesser quality).
Lepcha: bam remain
Comments: Thankur pǝm sit, Meithei pham id.; Garo bam-at subdue, bam submit; sit; Kanauri bam be defeated, pham defeat, win; Kham phùm to sit crouched. Ben. 125; Coblin 63-64.