ḥm-kꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

ḥm (“servant”) +‎ kꜣ (“ka”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘servant of the ka’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ħɛm kɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: hem-ka

Noun

m

funerary priest; priest who supervised the cult of the dead and, under contract, supplied offerings to the kas of the dead

Inflection

Declension of ḥm-kꜣ

singular	ḥm-kꜣ
dual	ḥmwj-kꜣ
plural	ḥmw-kꜣ

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 166
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 163

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