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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kram̊ "sugar-cane"), while Luce adduces Tibetanབུ་རམ(bu ram, “brown sugar”) as a cognate, which he considers to be borrowed from Hindiगुड़(guṛ, “jaggery”).[1] This would imply Burmese also borrowed the word from some other source related to the Indic.”
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kraṁ "think"), while Luce adduces Tibetanསྒོམ(sgom, “to meditate, contemplate”) and Old Chinese監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms, “to mirror, observe”) as cognates.[2] The Chinese, in particular, seems like a solid match.”
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AM Finals (4. Sugarcane (Saccharum))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 41
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AM Finals (5. to Think, Plan)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 41
