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Egyptian
Etymology
Possibly from a Proto-Afroasiatic *masak-. Compare Proto-Semitic *mašk- and Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴽⵙⵓⵎ (aksum).
Pronunciation
Noun
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- animal hide
- leather (as a clothing material)
Inflection
Declension of mskꜣ (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mskꜣ
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 150.3–150.5
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 118
