km

See also: .km and KM

㎞ U+339E, ㎞ SQUARE KM ← ㎝ [U+339D] CJK Compatibility ㎟ → [U+339F]

Translingual

Symbol

km

1. (metrology) Symbol for kilometer (kilometre), an SI unit of length equal to 10³ meters (metres).

Related terms

• kms

Translations

kilometer

• Armenian: կմ (km)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: km (da)
• Georgian: კმ (ḳm)
• Greek: χλμ. (chlm.)
• Hebrew: ק״מ‎
• Hindi: सहस्रमान (sahasramān)
• Khmer: គ.ម (km)
• Lao: ກມ (kam)

• Lü: ᦜᧅ (l̇ak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: km (no)

  Nynorsk: km

• Russian: км (ru) (km)
• Swedish: km (sv)
• Thai: กม. (th) (km.)
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

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Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /kaːm/ → /kaːm/ → /koːm/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /kaːm/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /kaːm/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /koːm/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: kem

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to complete

Inflection

Conjugation of km (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: km, geminated stem: kmm

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
km	kmw, km	kmt	km, j.km	km, j.km

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
km	ḥr km	m km	r km

suffix conjugation
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
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
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːmaw/ → /ˈkuːmaw/ → /keːm/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːmaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːmaw/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /keːm/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: kem

Adjective

1. black

Inflection

Declension of km (perfective active participle)

	masculine	feminine
singular	km	kmt
dual	kmwj	kmtj
plural	kmw	kmwt1, kmt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of km  

km	km

Derived terms

• km wr (“the Bitter Lakes”)
• kmt^? (“a type of jar”)
• kmt (“Egypt”)
• kmt (“the Egyptians”)
• m km n ꜣt

 

See also

Colors in Egyptian · (jwnw) (layout · text)
basic colors	(ḥḏ)	(km)	(dšr)	(wꜣḏ)
nonbasic colors	(qnjt)	(ḫsbḏ)	(jrtjw)

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.

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