Egyptian
Etymology
From km (“black”) + -t, interpreted as a reference to the fertile black soil of the Nile Delta.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
- 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 hieroglyphic writings of kmt
Derived terms
Descendants
- Demotic: kmj
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲏⲙⲓ (khēmi)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲏⲙⲉ (kēme)
Proper noun
f
- the Egyptians
Noun
f
- a type of jar
Inflection
Declension of kmt (feminine)
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
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (2001) “From Ancient Egyptian to Coptic” in Haspelmath, Martin et al. (eds.), Language Typology and Language Universals.