jmt-r

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɛt ɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: imet-er

Etymology 1

Feminine form of jmj-r (“overseer”), formed with the addition of the feminine ending -t to the nisba jmj. See jmj-r for further etymology. Equivalent to jmt +‎ r.

Noun

 f

1. (female) overseer [Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of jmt-r (feminine)

singular	jmt-r
dual	jmtj-r
plural	jmwt-r

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmt-r  

jmt-r

Etymology 2

Presumably from jmt (“(one) being in”) +‎ r (“mouth”).

Noun

 f

1. a kind of tool or implement; the meaning of this term is uncertain. [Coffin Texts]

Inflection

Declension of jmt-r (feminine)

singular	jmt-r
dual	jmtj-r
plural	jmwt-r

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmt-r  

jmt-r	jmt-r

References

• “jm.jt-rʾ (lemma ID 450737)” and “jm.jt-rʾ (lemma ID 25570)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 74.14
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[3], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 94.13
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 19