m km n ꜣt

Egyptian

Etymology

m (“in”) +‎ km (“black”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ ꜣt (“moment”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛm kɛm ɛn ɑt/
  • Conventional anglicization: em kem en at

Adverb

1. in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye [since the 19th Dynasty]

References

• 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