ḥmw
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See also: ḫmw
Egyptian
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| Cardinal: ḥmw Ordinal: mḥ-ḥmw | ||
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Numeral:
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ħVˈmuw/ → /ħVˈmuw/ → /ħəˈmuʔ/ → /ħəˈmøʔ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛmuː/
- Conventional anglicization: hemu
Numeral
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Inflection
Declension of ḥmw
| masculine | feminine | |
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| singular | ḥmw |
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Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ϩⲙⲉ (hme)
- Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲙⲉ (hme), ϩⲙ (hm)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ϩⲙⲉ (hme)
- Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲙⲉ (hme)
Etymology 2
A participial form of ḥm (“to steer”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛmuː/
- Conventional anglicization: hemu
Noun
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m
Inflection
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥmw
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| ḥmw | ḥmw |
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛmuː/
- Conventional anglicization: hemu
Verb
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3-lit.
- (intransitive) to be(come) skilled
Inflection
Conjugation of ḥmw (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ḥmw
| infinitival forms | imperative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | negatival complement | complementary infinitive1 | singular | plural |
| ḥmw |
ḥmww, ḥmw |
ḥmwt |
ḥmw |
ḥmw |
| ‘pseudoverbal’ forms | |||
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| stative stem | periphrastic imperfective2 | periphrastic prospective2 | |
| ḥmw |
ḥr ḥmw |
m ḥmw |
r ḥmw |
| suffix conjugation | |||
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| aspect / mood | active | contingent | |
| aspect / mood | active | ||
| perfect | ḥmw.n |
consecutive | ḥmw.jn |
| terminative | ḥmwt | ||
| perfective3 | ḥmw |
obligative1 | ḥmw.ḫr |
| imperfective | ḥmw | ||
| prospective3 | ḥmw |
potentialis1 | ḥmw.kꜣ |
| subjunctive | ḥmw | ||
| verbal adjectives | |||
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| aspect / mood | relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms | participles | |
| active | active | passive | |
| perfect | ḥmw.n |
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| perfective | ḥmw |
ḥmw |
ḥmw, ḥmww5, ḥmwy5 |
| imperfective | ḥmw, ḥmwy, ḥmww5 |
ḥmw, ḥmwj6, ḥmwy6 |
ḥmw, ḥmww5 |
| prospective | ḥmw, ḥmwtj7 |
ḥmwtj4, ḥmwt4 | |
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Derived terms
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 102, 382.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN