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
- water
- Name of the thirteenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet (𐤌).
Punic
Etymology
From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /mēm/), from Proto-Semitic *may-.
Pronunciation
- (6th BCE Punic): IPA(key): /meːm/
- (2th BCE Late Punic): IPA(key): /meːm/
- (2th CE Neo-Punic): IPA(key): /meːm/
Noun
𐤌𐤌 (mm /mēm/) pl
- water
- c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 1142:
- Al. Anec este mem!
- No, I shall drink water!
- Al. Anec este mem!
References
- Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 292