kmt

See also: KMT

Egyptian

Etymology

From km (“black”) +‎ -t, interpreted as a reference to the fertile black soil of the Nile Delta.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːmat/ → /ˈkuːmaʔ/ → /ˈkuːma/ → /ˈkeːmə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːmat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːmaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːma/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkeːmə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛmɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: kemet

Proper noun

 f

1. Egypt, the Nile Valley
   • c. 1850 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version R (pRamesseum A/Berlin 10499 recto), 1.2–1.3, trans. Allen:

     m.t wj m hꜣt r kmt r jnt ꜥqw jm n ẖrdw.j

     Look, I am going down to Egypt to get provisions there for my children.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kmt  

kmt	kmt

Derived terms

• r n kmt

Descendants

• Demotic: kmj
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme)

Proper noun

 f

1. the Egyptians

Noun

 f

1. a type of jar

Inflection

Declension of kmt (feminine)

singular	kmt
dual	kmtj
plural	kmwt

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
• Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN