kꜣmw

kꜣmw

Egyptian

Etymology

kꜣm (“vineyard, garden”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /kaʀˈmiw/ → /kaʀˈmiw/ → /kəˈmeʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /kaʀˈmiw/ (singular), IPA^(key): /kaʀˈmiwwaw/ (plural)[1]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /kaʀˈmiw/ (singular), IPA^(key): /kaʀˈmiwwaw/ (plural)
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /kəˈmeʔ/ (singular), IPA^(key): /kəˈmeʔw/ (plural)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑmuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: kamu

Noun

 m

1. vintner, gardener

Inflection

Declension of kꜣmw (masculine)

singular	kꜣmw
dual	kꜣmwwj
plural	kꜣmww

Descendants

• Coptic: ϭⲙⲉ (cme)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 106.10–106.11

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 56