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|'''[[:Category:Jaredite PN|Jaredite PN]]'''
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|King ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/56.14?lang=eng#12 Alma 56:14]; [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/57.7,%208,%2012,%2023,%2031,%2034?lang=eng#6 57:7, 8, 12, 23, 31, 34])
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'''Etymology'''

It is possible that this is also a personal name because of the fairly common N<small>EPHITE</small> combination of the [[Personal Name|PN]] ending in "-i" with its suffixed [[Personal Name|PN]] counterpart ending in "-ihah," where both are [[Personal Name|PN]]s, and because some places were named after the first person who settled there. Several North-west Semitic etymologies are possible, though none of them are convincing. Hebrew ''kmn'', meaning "to hide, to hide up," might have a translation "Hidden-away." Less likely is the Hebrew כמן ''kammōn'', meaning "cumin," giving the translation, "[Place of] Cumin," or reading with a gentilic ending, "[The One of ] Cumin."

The Lehite [[Geographical Name|GN]] '''C<small>UMENI</small>''' may contain the J<small>AREDITE</small> element ''kumen/cumen''. Alternatively, if it does not contain the Jaredite element ''kumen/cumen'', it may be related to the E<small>GYPTIAN</small> ''cumeni'' elements in the Book of Mormon [[Personal Name|PN]] Pacumeni, but without the later Egyptian demostrative-definite article ''p3'', for example, ''p3-kwmni'',<ref>[[Robert F. Smith]], ''Egyptianisms in the Book of Mormon'', 36-37.</ref> and the name of the Egyptian hero name Pacumeni, but without the "Pa." Further, see the entry under Pacumeni.

Other possibilities include Egyptian ''kmn'', "blind one" ([[Edward H. Ashment|EHA]]); Egyptian ''k3-mn'', "the Bull is established" (Coptic ''kemēn''), a place near Ihnasya in central Egypt ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]); and the Akkadian ''kummu'', "holy place, shrine, sanctuary" ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]).

Cf. Book of Mormon [[KUMEN]], [[KISHKUMEN]], [[KUMENONHI]], [[CUMENIHAH]]

'''Variants'''

'''[[Deseret Alphabet]]:''' 𐐗𐐆𐐅𐐣𐐀𐐤𐐌 (kɪuːmiːnaɪ)

'''Notes'''
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Jaredite PN]]

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