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Etymology
🇰🇲; literally "friend that dies", referring to a friend that dies for you; probably from or influenced by the 403rd stanza of the 19th century poetic series  ("Law of the World") by (1793–1859), inscribed on the corridor walls of :


 * pʉ̂ʉan-gin sîn sáp lɛ́ɛo · nɛ̌ɛng-nǐi
 * hǎa ngâai lǎai mʉ̀ʉn mii · mâak lón
 * pʉ̂ʉan-dtaai tàai tɛɛn chii · waa àat
 * hǎa yâak fàak-pǐi-kâi · yâak tɛ́ɛ jàk hǎa


 * A friend that eats leaves you when you have no more wealth.
 * They are easy to find, for they exist in abundance, in ten thousands of thousands, in countless numbers.
 * But a friend that dies for you and substitutes himself for you for the sake of your life and limb
 * is not easy to find. Hard indeed is to find someone you can depend upon in the time of illness or following your death.

Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  true friend.