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Egyptian
Etymology
Probably from wḥm (“to repeat”) + -y + -t.
Pronunciation
Noun
f
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE,
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 34–36:
- fꜣ.t(w) ṯꜣw jr.f wḥmyt nwyt jm.f nt ḫmnw mḥ
- The wind was lifted again and again (literally, “lifted, it making repetition”), with a wave in it of eight cubits.
- repetition
- repeated howling
Inflection
Declension of wḥmyt (feminine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḥmyt
References
- Blackman, Aylward M. (1930) “Notes on Certain Passages in Various Middle Egyptian Texts” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 16, p. 68
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 67
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 344.5–344.6