wḥmyt

Egyptian

Etymology

Probably from wḥm (“to repeat”) +‎ -y +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Middle Kingdom literature and 18th Dynasty literature]
    • 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.
    1. repetition
    2. repeated howling

Inflection
Declension of wḥmyt (feminine)
singular wḥmyt
dual wḥmytj
plural wḥmywt

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḥmyt  
wḥmmyt

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 (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, page 344.5–344.6
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