ᰜᰤᰦᰮ

Lepcha

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lum (“warm”), see also Benedict (1972:75). This verb, found in Mainwaring's dictionary, seems virtually unknown to the LEED or Plasier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ljam/

Verb

ᰜᰤᰦᰮ (lyám)

  1. to warm up (food)

Further reading

  • Mainwaring, George Byres (1898), “lyam”, in Albert Grünwedel, editor, Dictionary of the Lepcha-language‎[1], Berlin: Unger Brothers, page 365
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