ḫmt-rw

Egyptian

Etymology

ḫmtw (“three”) +‎ rw (plural of r(ꜣ) (“part, piece, ¹⁄_…”)).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˌχamtawˈɾaːʀaw/ → /ˌχamtawˈɾaːʀaw/ → /χəmtəˈɾaːwə/ → /χəmtəˈɾoːw/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛmɛt ruː/
- Conventional anglicization: khemet-ru

Noun

m

three fourths

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 105.

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