m km n ꜣt
Egyptian
editEtymology
editm (“in”) + km (“black”) + n(j) (“of”) + ꜣt (“moment”).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛm kɛm ɛn ɑt/
- Conventional anglicization: em kem en at
Adverb
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- in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye [since the 19th Dynasty]
References
edit- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 1
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1.18