ẖnmt

See also: ḫnmt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈçanmVʔ/ → /ˈçanma/ → /ˈçanmə/

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

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈçanma/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈçanmə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /çɛnmɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenmet

Noun

 f

1. well [since the Middle Kingdom]

   ― jrt ẖnmt ― to make a well

   ― wbꜣ ẖnmt ― to drill a well

   ― šdt ẖnmt ― to dig a well

Inflection

Declension of ẖnmt (feminine)

singular	ẖnmt
dual	ẖnmtj
plural	ẖnmwt

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ϩⲟⲛⲃⲉ (honbe)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 382.10–382.15
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 382.