Comparative evidence

kem

• Arm. k'amem va. 'press', 'squeeze', 'extract, 'wring'; 'strain', 'filter'; 'drain', 'cause to flow';fig. 'exhaust', 'drain', 'use up', 'empty' (Bedrossian 1879: 740)

References

Bedrossian 1879 = Bedrossian, M.M. 1879. New Dictionary Armenian - English. Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy.