kkw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
k
k		 wN2

 m

  1. darkness [since the Pyramid Texts]
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 12–13:
      xa
      Hr g      		 n
      t
      t
      f      		 miiC1wbn
      ra
      f      		 mAxt
      t      		 r
      a
      f      		 O43
      p      		 ra
      n      		 Hr
      Z1      		 k
      k      		 N3
      sHDD&ran
      f      		 Swwra
      H_SPACE      		 mS9f
      y      		 G32n
      f      		 tA
      tA
      N21 N21      		 miiiT
      n
      ra      		 mtp Z1
      dwA      		 iit
      ra
      ḫꜥ ḥr nst nt (j)t.f mj rꜥ wbn.f m ꜣḫt rdj.f šsp n ḥr(j) kkw sḥḏ.n.f šw m šwtj.fj bꜥḥ.n.f tꜣwj mj jṯn m tp-dwꜣyt
      One shining forth on the throne of his father like Ra when he rises in the Akhet, he gave light to what was covered by darkness, having brightened the air with his two plumes, having flooded the Two Lands (Egypt) like the sun disk at the break of dawn.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of kkw  
k
k		 wF27
k
k		 N2
kkw kk

Descendants
  • Demotic: kky
    • Old Coptic:
      • → Ancient Greek: ἀκακία (akakía, “acacia”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Bohairic Coptic: ⲭⲁⲕⲓ (khaki)
    • Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲁⲕⲉ (kake)
    • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲕⲉⲕⲉ (keke), ⲕⲉⲕⲉⲓ (kekei)
    • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲕⲉⲕⲉ (keke), ⲕⲉⲕⲉⲓ (kekei)

Proper noun
k
k		 wN2

 m

  1. the god Kek or Kuk, personification of the darkness of the primeval waters [since the Coffin Texts]

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: χοῦχ (khoûkh)

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 334.
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