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(latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE)IPA(key): /koj/, with irregular development of /u/ to /o/ rather than /ø/, the significance of which is heavily debated and not satisfactorily explained.
(with following subjunctive or nonverbal predicate)so, then, as a result; expresses future consequence
(with following suffix pronoun/subject and imperfective)then; expresses subsequent action
Usage notes
This particle is mostly used with the subjunctive to indicate future consequences. In this use, it is neutral in tone — it neither indicates inevitability (like ḫr) nor optativity (like jḫ).
(with following suffix pronoun indicating the speaker)marks a future direct quotation; willsay
Usage notes
Like the other quotatives jn, ḫr, and ḫrw.fj, this word either follows the entire quotation that it marks or is inserted near its start (but never at its start).
This word may be identical with the above proclitic particle. It may also be interpreted as a use of .kꜣ in the potentialis form ḏd.kꜣ with the verb ḏd(“to say”) left unexpressed.
^ Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, pages 225–228
^ Allen, James (2013) A New Concordance of the Pyramid Texts, volume II, Providence: Brown University, PT 215.35 (Pyr. 149d), Unas
^ Berman, Lawrence M., Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, pages 137–138