GIMGIMNO
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| Lehite GN | 1. | City, ca. 1st century AD (3 Nephi 9:8) |
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.
Variants
Deseret Alphabet:
Notes
- ↑ Nibley, LID, 28.
