kmt

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English

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Phrase

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kmt

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, Caribbean, MLE, MTE) Initialism of kissing my teeth: used to express disapproval, annoyance, or frustration.
    Alternative form: KMT
    • 2020 October 13, @_OsoSandro11, Twitter[1]:
      I get 4 spliff max out a 3.5 kmt [image caption]

Egyptian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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kmmt
O49

 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:
      ma
      t
      WA1mhAt
      D54
      rkm
      t niwt
      rinin
      t
      aqW
      H_SPACE
      X4
      Z2
      imnXrdWA1
      B1
      Z2ss
      A1
      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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Demotic: kmj

Proper noun

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km
t
A1 B1
Z2

 f

  1. the Egyptians

Noun

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km
t
nw
Z1

 f

  1. a type of jar

Inflection

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References

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  • 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
  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
  2. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (2001) “From Ancient Egyptian to Coptic” in Haspelmath, Martin et al. (eds.), Language Typology and Language Universals.