kꜣmw

Egyptian

Etymology

kꜣm (“vineyard, garden”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /kaʀˈmiw/ (singular), IPA^(key): /kaʀˈmiwwaw/ (plural)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /kaʀˈmiw/ (singular), IPA^(key): /kaʀˈmiwwaw/ (plural)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /kəˈmeʔ/ (singular), IPA^(key): /kəˈmeʔwə/ (plural)
• (latest 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

• Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲙⲉ (cme), ϭⲙⲏ (cmē)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϭⲓⲙⲏ (cimē)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϭⲙⲉ (cme), ϭⲙⲏ (cmē)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 106.10–106.11