ཕྱམ་

OT

[1738] khyam dang lcam/ ...

DM

In architecture, the rafters. See Tucci, Tibetan Folk Songs, fig. 3. de'i steng du phyam zhes dpyam las phra ba'i shing chas. Namdak, Bzo-rig 77.. (elsewhere, cham) utter, utterly, to-the-limit. beam (also, the support place of a beam), as something overarching, level and enduring. ཀློང་ཆེན་པ་ 8.6, etc. 'cham. Gces 583.1. Btsan-lha. Namdak. See under lcam.

JV

resting beam of a staircase or ladder, prop, bracket, mortise, lath, pole, rafter, spar of a roof

IW, RY

support, continuum

IW

khyam [courtyard, colonnade, portico] stair/ ladder beam, *, prop bracket, mortise, lcam [small beam, pole, rafter, spar]