*r-H-m- “dark, black”

PMA
  rama             “dark, black”      Sanskrit

IENH 579:
  *l[a|&]w-        “to be or become dirty, 
                    tarnished, stained, 
                    soiled, filthy”            Proto-Nostratic
  *l(e|o)w-        “to make dirty, filth”      Proto-IndoEuropean
                                               Proto-AfroAsiatic
                                               Semitic
  la:t_a 
  (from base lwt_) “to stain, tarnish,
                    soil, sully”               Arabic
  lawt_a           “stain, blot, spot”         Arabic

IEW 
  *re:-, *re:mo-   “dark”                      Proto-IndoEuropean
  ra:má            “dark, black”               Sanskrit
  ra:mi:           “night”                     Sanskrit
  ra:m, ro:m       “dirt, soot”                Middle High German
  ro:mig           “sooty”                     Old English   

PMA
  ram-             “black”                     Tai, Siam, Gedney
  lam-             “dark, black”               Lakkia, Ong-be
                                               Kelao, Than-Uyen
  ram-             “to shade”                  Dioi, Tai
  rom-             “shade”                     Tai
  i-lam            “black”                     Indonesia
  ilam-ilam-       “hazy, vague”               Batak 
  ma-ilam          “dark”                      Batak
  lam-lam-         “dimness”                   Tagalog
  ma-lam-          “night”                     Malo, Moto
  ma-lam-          “middle of night”           Formosa
  taa-lam-         “black”                     Melam


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