kꜣm
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an earlier form kꜣnw before undergoing a sound change that caused the coalescence of the two final consonants into m.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈkaʀnVw/ → /ˈkaːʀVm/ → /ˈkaːʔəm/ → /ˈkoːʔəm/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /kɑm/
- Conventional anglicization: kam
Noun[edit]
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m
Inflection[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kꜣm
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kꜣm |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Likely borrowed into Central Semitic:
References[edit]
- 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