kꜣm

Egyptian

Etymology

From an earlier form kꜣnw before undergoing a sound change that caused the coalescence of the two final consonants into m.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈkaʀnVw/ → /ˈkaːʀVm/ → /ˈkaːʔəm/ → /ˈkoːʔəm/

Noun

 m
  1. vineyard

Inflection

Declension of kꜣm (masculine)
singular kꜣm
dual kꜣmwj
plural kꜣmw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kꜣm  
kꜣm

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic Egyptian: kꜣm

Likely borrowed into Central Semitic:

References

  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 106.3–106.9
  • Peust, Carsten (1999), Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language‎[2], Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 163
  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31 (but see also Peust)
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