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Perhaps the name comes from the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''gmgm'', “smash, tear up, break trees,” and ''nw'', “city,” to be compared with the city ''kipkip''/''kibkib'' (Coptic ''gibgib''), “hacked | Perhaps the name comes from the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] ''gmgm'', “smash, tear up, break trees,” and ''nw'', “city,” to be compared with the city ''kipkip''/''kibkib'' (Coptic ''gibgib''), “hacked | ||
up, destroyed” ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). Nibley mentions the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] city ''kenkeme''.<ref>Nibley, ''LID'', 26.</ref> | up, destroyed” ([[Robert F. Smith|RFS]]). [[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]] mentions the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] city ''kenkeme''.<ref>[[Hugh W. Nibley|Nibley]], ''LID'', 26.</ref> | ||
See [[KIM|K<small>IM</small>]]. | See [[KIM|K<small>IM</small>]]. | ||
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| Lehite GN | 1. | City, ca. 1st century AD (3 Nephi 9:8) |
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Etymology
Perhaps the name comes from the EGYPTIAN gmgm, “smash, tear up, break trees,” and nw, “city,” to be compared with the city kipkip/kibkib (Coptic gibgib), “hacked up, destroyed” (RFS). Nibley mentions the EGYPTIAN city kenkeme.[1]
See KIM.
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