šmw

See also: smw, Smw, and SMW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːmaw/ → /ˈʃaːmaw/ → /ˈʃaːmə/ → /ʃoːm/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛmuː/
- Conventional anglicization: shemu

Noun

m

harvest

Inflection

Declension of šmw (masculine)

singular	šmw
dual	šmwwj
plural	šmww

Noun

m

the harvest season; one of three Egyptian seasons, spanning from March to July.

Inflection

Declension of šmw (masculine)

singular	šmw
dual	šmwwj
plural	šmww

Hypernyms

tr

Descendants

Coptic: ϣⲱⲙ (šōm)
→ English: Shemu, Shomu

See also

Seasons in Egyptian · trw

(layout · text)

ꜣḫt (“Inundation”)

prt (“Emergence”)

šmw (“Harvest”)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 107, 241.

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