wnmt

Egyptian

Etymology

wnm (“to eat”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛnmɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: wenmet

Noun

f

food (for humans) [since Middle Kingdom literature]
(Late Egyptian) fodder for animals

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wnmt

imi

wnt

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 321.15–321.18
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 62

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.