Egyptian
Etymology
kꜣm (“vineyard, garden”) + -w.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /kaʀˈmiw/ → /kaʀˈmiw/ → /kəˈmeʔ/ → /kəˈmeʔ/
- (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA(key): /kaʀˈmiw/ (singular),[1] IPA(key): /kaʀˈmiwwaw/ (plural)
- (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA(key): /kaʀˈmiw/ (singular), IPA(key): /kaʀˈmiwwaw/ (plural)
- (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA(key): /kəˈmeʔ/ (singular), IPA(key): /kəˈmeʔwə/ (plural)
- (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA(key): /kəˈmeʔ/ (singular), IPA(key): /kəˈmeʔw/ (plural)
Noun
m
- vintner, gardener
Inflection
Declension of kꜣmw (masculine)
| singular
|
kꜣmw
|
| dual
|
kꜣmwwj
|
| plural
|
kꜣmww
|
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲙⲉ (čme), ϭⲙⲏ (čmē)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ϭⲓⲙⲏ (čimē)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲙⲉ (čme), ϭⲙⲏ (čmē)
References
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 56