nắm

Etymology
From (Ferlus, 2007), with the straightforward 🇨🇬 Bi cognate. Curiously, Ferlus (2007) also assigned this word, along with Pong nɨm⁴, to the reconstruction ; both might be different reconstructions of one etymology. 🇨🇬 [Mày] nɯ̆m⁴ ("to grasp") (Babaev & Samarina, 2018) might also be listed.

Compare maybe 🇨🇬 [Lang] kᵊnəm² ("clenched (of fist)"). Schuessler (2007) suggests relation to "to hold in hand".

Verb

 * 1) to hold; to grip; to grasp
 * 2)  to grasp (opportunity, power, etc.); to seize