km
See also: .km and KM
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Translingual
Symbol
km
- (metrology) Symbol for kilometre (kilometer), an SI unit of length equal to 103 metres (meters).
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Khmer.
Related terms
- kms
Translations
kilometer
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Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /kaːm/ → /kaːm/ → /koːm/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /kɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: kem
Verb
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2-lit.
- (transitive) to complete
- (transitive) to total, to sum up to
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 127–128:
- km.n.n sfḫjw-djw ḥfꜣw m msw.j ḥnꜥ snw.j
- We totalled seventy-five snakes, comprising my children along with my siblings.
Inflection
Conjugation of km (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: km, geminated stem: kmm
infinitival forms | imperative | |||
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infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
km | kmw, km | kmt | km, j.km | km, j.km |
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stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
km | ḥr km | m km | r km |
suffix conjugation | |||||
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aspect / mood | active | passive | contingent | ||
aspect / mood | active | passive | |||
perfect | km.n | kmw, km | consecutive | km.jn | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
terminative | kmt | ||||
perfective3 | km | active + .tj1, .tw2 | obligative1 | km.ḫr | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
imperfective | km, j.km1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||
prospective3 | km | kmm | potentialis1 | km.kꜣ | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
active + .tj1, .tw2 | |||||
subjunctive | km, j.km1 | active + .tj1, .tw2 |
verbal adjectives | ||||
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aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | ||
active | passive | active | passive | |
perfect | km.n | active + .tj1, .tw2 | — | — |
perfective | km | active + .tj1, .tw2 | km | kmm, kmmj6, km2, kmw2 5, kmy2 5 |
imperfective | j.km1, km, kmy, kmw5 | active + .tj1, .tw2 | j.km1, j.kmw1 5, km, kmj6, kmy6 | km, kmw5 |
prospective | km, kmtj7 | — | kmtj4, kmt4 | |
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Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈkuːmaw/ → /ˈkuːmaw/ → /keːm/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /kɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: kem
Adjective
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- perfective active participle of kmm: black
Inflection
Declension of km (perfective active participle)
masculine | feminine | |
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singular | km | kmt |
dual | kmwj | kmtj |
plural | kmw | kmwt1, kmt2 |
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Alternative forms
See the ‘Alternative forms’ section under the main verb.
Derived terms
See the ‘Derived terms’ section under the main verb.
Descendants
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲁⲙⲉ (khame), ⲭⲉⲙⲓ (khemi)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲕⲉⲙⲓ (kemi), ⲕⲉⲙ (kem)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲁⲙⲉ (kame), ⲕⲙⲙⲉ (kmme), ⲕⲁⲙ (kam)
See also
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References
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 286
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 316.