kmt
See also: KMT
English
editPhrase
editkmt
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Caribbean, MLE, MTE) Initialism of kissing my teeth: used to express disapproval, annoyance, or frustration.
- Alternative form: KMT
Egyptian
editEtymology
editFrom km (“black”) + -t, interpreted as a reference to the fertile black soil of the Nile Delta.
Pronunciation
edit- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈkuːmat/ → /ˈkuːmaʔ/ → /ˈkuːma/ → /ˈkeːmə/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /kɛmɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: kemet
Proper noun
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- Egypt, the Nile Valley
- c. 1850 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version R (pRamesseum A/Berlin 10499 recto), 1.2–1.3, trans. Allen:
- m.t wj m hꜣt r kmt r jnt ꜥqw jm n ẖrdw.j
- Look, I am going down to Egypt to get provisions there for my children.
- c. 1850 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version R (pRamesseum A/Berlin 10499 recto), 1.2–1.3, trans. Allen:
Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of kmt
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Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Demotic: kmj
Proper noun
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- the Egyptians
Noun
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- a type of jar
Inflection
editReferences
edit- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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