nkt

See also: NKT and n**kt

Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian (nkt, “some, a little bit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəˈkʰaʔ/

Noun

⁠ m

1. thing

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲛⲕⲁ (nka)

References

• Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, pages 229–230

Egyptian

Etymology

From n- +‎ ktt (“to be small”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /nuˈkut/ → /nuˈkuʔ/ → /nəˈkuʔ/ → /nəˈkøʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /nuˈkut/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /nuˈkuʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /nəˈkuʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /nəˈkøʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛkɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: neket

Noun

 m

1. some, a little bit

Inflection

Declension of nkt (masculine)

singular	nkt
dual	nktwj
plural	nktw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nkt  

nkt

Descendants

• Demotic: ⁠ (nkt)
  • Coptic: ⲛⲕⲁ (nka)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 347.10–347.16