ᰍᰩᰮ

Lepcha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔm/

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mnam.

    Verb

    ᰍᰩᰮ (nóm)

    1. to (have a) smell

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    ᰍᰩᰮ (nóm)

    1. to reach
    2. to overtake

    Further reading

    • Mainwaring, George Byres (1898), “nóm”, in Albert Grünwedel, editor, Dictionary of the Lepcha-language[1], Berlin: Unger Brothers, page 202
    • Tamsang, Aathing K. P. (2009), The Lepcha-English Encyclopaedic Dictionary, second edition, pages 447-448