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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nV̄m
Meaning: take, pinch, gather
Chinese: 捻 *nhēmʔ (since Han), 拈 *nhēm (since MCh) to pinch, take in the fingers, pick up.
Tibetan: snom (p. bsnams, f. bsnam) to take, to seize, take up, nom (p. noms) to seize, to lay hold of.
Kachin: (H) kǝnom to gather, amass, hoard.
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 任 *nǝm (~-im) carry, to load. The root occasionally reveals the semantics *'pinch, seize' > 'bite', cf. Motuo ŋam ( < *ńVm), Gallong ńam.
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