jky

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ikiː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iky

Noun

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1. a type of stonemason or quarryman [Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of jky (masculine)

singular	jky
dual	jkywj
plural	jkyw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jky  

jky	jky	jꜣky
		[New Kingdom]
	abbreviation	in the plural

Related terms

• jkw (“stone quarry”)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 139.10–139.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 32