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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly contracted from an adverbial sentence sj + m + wn, meaning ‘it is something that may be’.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛmuːn/
- Conventional anglicization: semun
Particle[edit]
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proclitic
References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 196.