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Egyptian
Etymology
From pꜣ (“definite article”) + jḥ (“ox, cattle”) + mw (“water”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘the ox of water’.
Noun
* m
- hippopotamus
- Synonyms: db, ḫꜣb, ḥḏt, kꜣ mḥw
Inflection
Usage notes
Unattested in the Egyptian literature. Proposed as a hypothetical etymology of the Hebrew word בְּהֵמוֹת (behemót, “Behemoth”). Jablonski renders it ⲡⲉ̀ϩⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩ
References
- ^ Paul Ernst Jablonski (1804) Opuscula, volume 1, Leyden: A. & J. Honkoop, page 52 ff..
