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STEDT #4989

*leem

ATTRACT / PERSUADE / FASCINATE
Proto-Central Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 1 subgroup

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)lêem-I, lěem-II ‘attract, persuade, fascinate, be addicted’VanBik 09 PKC: 989
Lai (Falam)lěem-I, lèem-II ‘attract, persuade’VanBik 09 PKC: 989
Lushai [Mizo]léem v‘attract, fascinate, woo, or charm (by manners, kindness, behaviour, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 989

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STEDT etymon #4989, *leem ‘ATTRACT / PERSUADE / FASCINATE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4989
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #989 ("PCC")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4989,
  title  = {{*leem 'ATTRACT / PERSUADE / FASCINATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4989},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4989}
}