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Egyptian
Etymology
From mḥ (“cubit”) + tꜣ (“land”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘a cubit of land’; since land was parcelled into strips of 1 by 100 cubits, one such strip of 100 square cubits was considered ‘a cubit of land’.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- a centaroura, a measure of area equivalent to one hundredth of a sṯꜣt (“aroura”) or 100 square mḥw (“cubits”) (about 0.0028 hectares).
Inflection
Declension of mḥ-tꜣ (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mḥ-tꜣ
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