mm
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Translingual
Symbol
mm
- (metrology) Symbol for millimetre (millimeter), an SI unit of length equal to 10−3 metres (meters).
English
Pronunciation
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Egyptian
Etymology
Both Gardiner and Allen suggest the preposition could be a reduplication of m (“in”).[1][2] Gardiner takes the adverb separately and considers it apparently an 18th Dynasty development from jmj.[3]
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: mem
Usage notes
Only used with plural pronouns and plural nouns, e.g. ẖrd mm bꜣkw (“a child among the servants”) or nouns with a plural sense, e.g. ngꜣw mm mnmnt (“A steer amongst the herd”).
mm is used in a more abstract or general sense than jmjtw, which refers more to a specific physical position among some nouns.
Derived terms
Alternative forms
See the alternative forms given for the prepositional usage above.
See also
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 132
- Allen, James P. (2017) A Grammar of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Volume 1: Unis, page 69.
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 156
Finnish
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Short form of måned (“month”), from Old Norse mánaðr (“month”), from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from earlier *méh₁n̥ss, probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Noun
mm
Synonyms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Short form of millimeter ("millimeter").
Symbol
mm
- (metrology) Symbol for millimeter (millimetre), an SI unit of length equal to 10−3 meters (metres).
- Synonym: millimeter
Etymology 3
An onomatopoeia for a sound made by the human mouth.
Interjection
mm
- (onomatopoeia) An expression used to show contentment for something which smells or tastes good
- mm, paien lukter himmelsk!
- mm, the pie smells heavenly!
- mm, paien lukter himmelsk!
- (onomatopoeia) An expression used to show thought, reflection or hesitation
- mm, jeg er ikke helt sikker...
- mm, I am not so sure...
- Synonym: ehm
- mm, jeg er ikke helt sikker...
- (onomatopoeia) An expression used to express agreement with something
- mm, det er jeg helt enig i!
- mm, I completely agree with that!
- Synonym: mhm
- mm, det er jeg helt enig i!