GIMGIMNO

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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.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐖𐐆𐐣𐐖𐐆𐐣𐐤𐐄

Notes


  1. Nibley, LID, 26.