smw

See also: SMW, Smw, and šmw

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈsiːmVw/ → /ˈsiːmVw/ → /ˈsiːmə/ → /ˈsiːm/

Noun
sM21mHn
Z2ss

 m

  1. plant (living organism)
  2. plants collectively, vegetation
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 20:
      n
      p
      r      		 iA40D37
      f      		 ssm
      M      		 Hn
      f
      nb      		 D
      f
      X4      		 n
      N21 Ax Z1      		 bsK5
      D54
      f      		 ssAa18wA2D37
      f      		 swwmtA
      tA
      tA
      nb
      nprj dj.f sm(w).f nb ḏf(ꜣ) n(j) ꜣḫt bs.f ssꜣw dj.f sw m tꜣw nb(w)
      Nepri gives all his plants, the provisions of the field, bringing forth satiety and giving it to all lands.

Descendants
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙ (sim)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙ (sim)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙ (sim)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙ (sim)

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 277.
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