smw

See also: SMW, Smw, and šmw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːmVw/ → /ˈsiːmVw/ → /ˈsiːmə/ → /ˈsiːm/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːmVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːmVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːmə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːm/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: semu

Noun

 m

1. plant (living organism)
2. plants collectively, vegetation
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 20:

     nprj dj.f sm(w).f nb ḏf(ꜣ) n(j) ꜣḫt bs.f ssꜣw dj.f sw m tꜣw nb(w)

     Nepri gives all his plants, the provisions of the field, bringing forth satiety and giving it to all lands.

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙ (sim)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙ (sim)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙ (sim)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙ (sim)

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 277.