ḥm-kꜣ
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Egyptian
Etymology
ḥm (“servant”) + kꜣ (“ka”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘servant of the ka’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛm kɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: hem-ka
Noun
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- funerary priest; priest who supervised the cult of the dead and, under contract, supplied offerings to the kas of the dead
Inflection
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 166.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 163