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English
Phrase
kmt
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Caribbean, MLE, MTE) Initialism of kissing my teeth: used to express disapproval, annoyance, or frustration.
- Alternative form: KMT
2020 October 13, @_OsoSandro11, Twitter:I get 4 spliff max out a 3.5 kmt [image caption]
Egyptian
Etymology
From km (“black”) + -t, interpreted as a reference to the fertile black soil of the Nile Delta.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
- Egypt, the Nile Valley
- c. 1850 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version R (pRamesseum A/Berlin 10499 recto), 1.2–1.3, trans. Allen:
- m.t wj m hꜣt r kmt r jnt ꜥqw jm n ẖrdw.j
- Look, I am going down to Egypt to get provisions there for my children.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kmt
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
f
- the Egyptians
Noun
f
- a type of jar
Inflection
References
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (2001) “From Ancient Egyptian to Coptic” in Haspelmath, Martin et al. (eds.), Language Typology and Language Universals.
