kmt

See also: KMT

Translingual

Symbol

kmt

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kemtuik.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Kemtuik terms

English

Phrase

kmt

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, Caribbean, MLE, MTE) Initialism of kissing my teeth: used to express disapproval, annoyance, or frustration.
    Alternative form: KMT
    • 2020 October 13, @_OsoSandro11, Twitter[1]:
      I get 4 spliff max out a 3.5 kmt [image caption]

Egyptian

Etymology

    From km (black) +‎ -t, interpreted as a reference to the fertile black soil of the Nile Delta.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈkuːmat//ˈkuːmaʔ//ˈkuːma//ˈkeːmə/

    Proper noun


     f
    1. Egypt, the Nile Valley
      • c. 1850 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version R (pRamesseum A/Berlin 10499 recto), 1.2–1.3, trans. Allen:








        m.t wj m hꜣt r kmt r jnt ꜥqw jm n ẖrdw.j
        Look, I am going down to Egypt to get provisions there for my children.

    Alternative forms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Demotic Egyptian: kmj
    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀓𐀗 (ku-mo /⁠Kūmos⁠/)

    Proper noun



     f
    1. the Egyptians

    Noun



     f
    1. a type of jar

    Inflection

    Declension of kmt (feminine)
    singular kmt
    dual kmtj
    plural kmwt

    References

    • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
    • Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
    1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
    2. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (2001) “From Ancient Egyptian to Coptic” in Haspelmath, Martin et al. (eds.), Language Typology and Language Universals.