ḫmtw
Egyptian
| 30 | ||
| ← 2 | 𓏼 3 |
4 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ḫmtw Ordinal: ḫmtnw Adverbial: ḫmtw zpw Distributive: ḫmtw ḫmtw | ||
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈχamtaw/ → /ˈχamtaw/ → /ˈχamt/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛmɛtuː/
- Conventional anglicization: khemetu
Inflection
ḫmtw is the first Egyptian numeral to belong to an autonomous numeral part of speech (originally a singular noun) rather than being an adjective.
Declension of ḫmtw
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | ḫmtw |
ḫmtt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫmtw
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| ḫmtw |
Derived terms
- ḫmt (“triple (verb)”)
- ḫmt-rw (“three-quarters”)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 71
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
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