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/

Proper noun
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
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kmt  
km
t		 O49
t
km
t O49
kmt kmt

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Demotic: kmj

Proper noun
km
t		 A1 B1
Z2

 f

  1. the Egyptians

Noun
km
t		 nw
Z1

 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
  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.
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