jmjw-tꜣ-mw
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Egyptian
Etymology
From jmjw (“(those) being in”) + tꜣ (“earth”) + mw (“water”), literally “those in the earth and water”, modeled after the more common jmw tꜣ (“snakes”, literally “those in the earth”) and jmw-mw (“aquatic animals”, literally “those in the water”).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /imiuː tɑ muː/
- Conventional anglicization: imiu-ta-mu
Noun
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- (plural only) epithet for snakes and water snakes, collectively
References
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 19
- Grapow, Hermann, et al. (1897–1939) Das digitalisierte Zettelarchiv des “Wörterbuches der ägyptischen Sprache” (DZA), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, published 1999, DZA 20.661.800