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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phŏmH
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: take with two hands
Chinese: 奉 *phoŋʔ, *bhoŋʔ take or hold with both hands.
Tibetan: sbam (p. sbams, imp. sboms) to put together, to collect.
Burmese: phamh to grasp, catch.
Kachin: ǝphum3 to embrace.
Lushai: pom to embrace; carry in the arms, KC *r-pom.
Comments: Sh 411; Mat. 191. Cf. Kulung bem-ma 'carry under one's arm'.
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