𐤌𐤌

Phoenician

Alternative forms

• 𒈪𒂊𒈠 (mé-e-ma) — in Amarna letter EA 148, 31

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *may-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meːm/

Noun

𐤌𐤌 (mm /mēm/) pl

1. water
   1. Name of the thirteenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet (𐤌‬).

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /⁠mēm⁠/), from Proto-Semitic *may-.

Pronunciation

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /meːm/
• (2^th BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /meːm/
• (2^th CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /meːm/

Noun

𐤌𐤌 (mm /mēm/) pl

1. water
   • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 1142:

     Al. Anec este mem!

     No, I shall drink water!

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 292