ḫmtw - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

Egyptian numbers (edit)

| | 30 | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ---------------------------------- | | ← 2 | 𓏼3 | 4 → | | Cardinal: ḫmtw Ordinal: ḫmtnw Adverbial: ḫmtw zpw Distributive: ḫmtw ḫmtw Fractional: r ḫmtw | | |

Perhaps related to Guanche amiat.

• (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈχamtaw/ → /ˈχamtaw/ → /ˈχamtə/ → /ˈχamt/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈχamtaw/

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈχamtaw/

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈχamtə/; compare the Akkadian transcription in Middle Babylonian 𒄩𒂔𒌈 (ḫa-am-tu4 /⁠ḫamtu⁠/)

• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA(key): /ˈχamt/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛmɛtuː/

  • Conventional anglicization: khemetu

1. three

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 hieroglyphic writings of ḫmtw

• 𒄩𒂔𒌈 (ḫa-am-tu4 /⁠ḫamtu⁠/) (14th BCE cuneiform)

• ḫmt (“triple (verb)”)

• ḫmt-rw (“three-quarters”)

• Demotic: ḫmtw

  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⳉⲁⲙⲧ (xamt)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲟⲙⲧ (šomt)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ϣⲁⲙⲧ (šamt)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ϣⲁⲙⲧ (šamt)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ (šomnt), ϣⲉⲙⲛⲧ (šemnt), ϣⲙⲛⲧ (šmnt), ϣⲟⲙⲧ (šomt)

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 102.

• Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 71

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN