Egyptian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare qꜣꜥ (to vomit), Oromo hooqqisuu, hooqqisiisuu (to vomit).

Verb edit

qisD26A2

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to vomit [medical papyri and Greco-Roman Period]
  2. (transitive, of floodwater) to gush upon (the fields) [Greco-Roman Period]
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Noun edit

qisD26A2

 m

  1. vomit [medical papyri]
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See under the verb above.

Etymology 2 edit

Proper noun edit

qisniwt

  m./f. topo.

  1. the city of Cusae in Upper Egypt [since the Middle Kingdom]
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