Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

jt (barley) +‎ šmꜥ (Upper Egypt) in a direct genitive construction. Allen instead apparently considers the second element a nisba adjective, *šmꜥj (Upper Egyptian), with unwritten weak j.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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  1. Upper Egyptian barley

References edit

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 214.