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Egyptian
Etymology
From an earlier form kꜣnw before undergoing a sound change that caused the coalescence of the two final consonants into m.
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- vineyard
Inflection
Declension of kꜣm (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kꜣm
Derived terms
Descendants
Likely borrowed into Central Semitic:
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 106.3–106.9
- Peust, Carsten (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, Göttingen: Peust und Gutschmidt Verlag GbR, page 163
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31 (but see also Peust)
