"mḥ-tꜣ" meaning in Egyptian

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Noun

IPA: /mɛh tɑ/ (note: modern Egyptological) Forms: mH:tA [canonical, masculine], masculine [table-tags], mḥ-tꜣ [singular], mḥwj-tꜣ [dual], mḥw-tꜣ [plural]
Etymology: From mḥ (“cubit”) + tꜣ (“land”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘a cubit of land’; since land was parcelled into strips of 1 by 100 cubits, one such strip of 100 square cubits was considered ‘a cubit of land’. Etymology templates: {{compound|egy|mḥ|tꜣ|gloss1=cubit|gloss2=land}} mḥ (“cubit”) + tꜣ (“land”) Head templates: {{head|egy|nouns|head=<hiero>mH:tA</hiero>|head2=}} mH:tA, {{egy-noun|m|head=<hiero>mH:tA</hiero>}} mH:tA m Inflection templates: {{egy-decl-noun|mḥ-tꜣ|mḥwj-tꜣ|mḥw-tꜣ|g=m}}
  1. a centaroura, a measure of area equivalent to one hundredth of a sṯꜣt (“aroura”) or 100 square mḥw (“cubits”) (about 0.0028 hectares). Categories (topical): Units of measure Synonyms: D42
    Sense id: en-mḥ-tꜣ-egy-noun-S8OR5DP6 Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for mḥ-tꜣ meaning in Egyptian (2.2kB)

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