wḥmyt

Egyptian

Etymology

Probably from wḥm (“to repeat”) +‎ -y +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛħmiːt/
- Conventional anglicization: wehmyt

Noun

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The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Middle Kingdom literature and 18th Dynasty literature]
- c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 34–36:
  
  fꜣ.t(w) ṯꜣw jr.f wḥmyt nwyt jm.f nt ḫmnw mḥ
  The wind was lifted again and again (lit. lifted, it making repetition), with a wave in it of eight cubits.
1. repetition
2. repeated howling

Inflection

Declension of wḥmyt (feminine)

singular	wḥmyt
dual	wḥmytj
plural	wḥmywt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wḥmyt

wHm

wḥmmyt

References

Blackman, Aylward M. (1930) “Notes on Certain Passages in Various Middle Egyptian Texts” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 16, p. 68
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 67
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 344.5–344.6

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