Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1v.
be stingylexitron
2v.
be niggardly; be miserly; be parsimoniouslexitron
3adj.
salty; saltedwiktionary
4adj.
stingy; miserly; penurious; niggardly(slang)wiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voices
Built from
From Old Chinese 鹹 (OC *ɡrɯːm, “salty”) or 鹽 (OC *ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams, “salt, salty”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩮ᩠ᨾ, Lao ເຄັມ (khem), Lü ᦋᦲᧄ (tsiim), Tai Dam ꪹꪁꪸꪣ, Shan ၸဵမ်း (tsáem), Phake ꩡ︀်ံ (cṃ) or ꩡ︀ိမ︀် (cim), Ahom 𑜀𑜧𑜪 (kawṃ) or 𑜀𑜢𑜉𑜫 (kim), Zuojiang Zhuang keemz, Saek แค๊ม.