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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jam (r-)
Meaning: salt
Chinese: 鹽 *lam salt; 鹹 *grǝ̄m salt, salty.
Tibetan: rgjam-chwa a k. of salt, like crystal, lgyjam-chwa a k. of rock-salt.
Burmese: jamh gunpowder, saltpetre.
Kachin: jam1 a k. of salt.
Lepcha: vóm salt
Kiranti: *rùm
Comments: Ben. 57; Mat. 184. Cf. also scattered Austric forms: Thai ra:m 'good taste', Khmer kra:m 'saltpeter', Viet. rùm 'rock salt'.
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