Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *năm (m-)
Meaning: smell
Tibetan: mnam to smell of, snom, snum (p. bsnums, f. bsnum, i. snum(s)) to smell, snam (p. bsnams, f. bsnam, i. snom(s)) id.
Burmese: namh to smell, LB *(s)namx; nam to stink.
Kachin: mǝnam1 odour, mǝnam3 to smell, (H) nam to taste, to smell.
Lushai: nam to smell of; give forth a smell, KC *m-nam.
Lepcha: nom (intr.), njóm (tr.) to smell
Comments: Cf. also Lush. hnīm (hnim) to smell, Mikir iŋnim (intr.), nem-so slight smell; Bodo manam (intr.); Miri nam (tr.); Vayu, Bahing nam (tr.); Kanauri stam- give forth smell; Rawang phǝnam (tr.). Sh. 38, 134, 411; Ben. 117. Cf. Austric: PAA *ńɨm 'taste', PAN *ñamñam id., *tañam 'tasty'.
