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|City, ca. 1st century AD ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/9/8#8 3 Nephi 9:8]) | |City, ca. 1st century AD ([http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/9/8#8 3 Nephi 9:8]) | ||
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'''Etymology''' | |||
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” (RFS). Nibley mentions the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] city ''kenkeme''.<ref>Nibley, LID, 28.</ref> | up, destroyed” (RFS). Nibley mentions the [[EGYPTIAN(S)|E<small>GYPTIAN</small>]] city ''kenkeme''.<ref>Nibley, LID, 28.</ref> | ||
See [[KIM|K<small>IM</small>]]. | See [[KIM|K<small>IM</small>]]. | ||
'''Variants''' | |||
'''Deseret Alphabet:''' | |||
'''Notes''' | |||
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[[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite GN]] | [[Category:Names]][[Category:Lehite GN]] | ||
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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.
