jmjw-tꜣ-mw

Egyptian

Etymology

From jmjw (“(those) being in”) +‎ tꜣ (“earth”) +‎ mw (“water”), literally “those in the earth and water”, modeled after the more common jmw tꜣ (“snakes”, literally “those in the earth”) and jmw-mw (“aquatic animals”, literally “those in the water”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imiuː tɑ muː/
  • Conventional anglicization: imiu-ta-mu

Noun

 m pl

1. (plural only) epithet for snakes and water snakes, collectively

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 19
• Grapow, Hermann, et al. (1897–1939) Das digitalisierte Zettelarchiv des “Wörterbuches der ägyptischen Sprache” (DZA)‎^[1], Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, published 1999, DZA 20.661.800