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Tai Nüa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *qemᴬ (“needle”), from Old Chinese 針 (OC *t.əm). Cognate with Thai เข็ม (kěm), Lao ເຂັມ (khem), Lü ᦃᦲᧄ (ẋiim), Tai Dam ꪹꪄꪸꪣ, Shan ၶဵမ် (khǎem), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜉𑜫 (khim), Zhuang cim or caemz, Nong Zhuang chaem. Compare Vietnamese kim.
Noun
ᥑᥥᥛᥴ (xém) (1963 orthography ᥑᥥᥛ́)
- needle
Etymology 2
Noun
ᥑᥥᥛᥴ (xém) (1963 orthography ᥑᥥᥛ́)
- calamity, disaster
- enemy