posted 25 March 2005 01:51 PM            

Emphatic Words from the Mdu Ntr

Names for Egypt
Eturmeh - North river (Lower Egypt)
Etures - South river (Upper Egypt)
Hedje - White Crown country (Upper Egypt)
Keme - Black (All of Egypt)
Kemi - "Southern" country (Upper Egypt)
Pasheti - The two divisions of Egypt; one belonging to Horus and the other to Set
Res - the South (Upper Egypt)
Shmo - the South (Upper Egypt)
Sonti - "the two halves of Egypt" (Upper and Lower Egypt)
Tawi - the Two lands (Upper and Lower Egypt)

Meh: The North/Delta
Meh : the determinative and ideogram; according to Budge; "fill, complete"
Ta Meh : Land of the North
Meh.t : the North, northern
Mehi.t : the Delta
Mehtiu : Northern tribes;Northern gods
Ta Meh : Land of the North
Biti : King of the North

Res: The South
Tap Res : the word "tap;top" means "head; beginning; tip" (Budge)
Resiu : southern tribes
Khenti : the South land
Khen : "the front land, the land in the front"

Understanding Kmt

Km (to be black) used as an adjective
km;kmem;kmom - black
kemu - black (m)
keme.t - black (f)
> hime.t keme.t - "black woman"
> himu.t keme.t - "black women"

Km used as a noun
keme.t - any black person, place, or thing
A determinative is used in order to be more specific
keme.t (woman) - "the Black woman"; ie, 'divine woman'
keme.t (cow) - "a Black cow" - ie, a 'sacred cow'
kem - a black one (m)
keme.t - a black one (f)
kemu - black ones (m)
kemu.t - black ones (f)
kemeti - two black ones

Used as Nationality (literally):
Sa Kemet - a man of Black (an Egyptian male)
Sa.t Kemet - a woman of Black (an Egyptian female)
Rome.t Kemet - the people of Black (Egyptians)
Kemetou - Blacks (ie, 'citizens')
Kememou - Black people of Black

Noun/Adjectives of Nationality
Kemetu - Black's peoples (Egyptian citizens)
Kmemu - Black people (the Egyptian people)
Resu - Southern people (Upper Egyptians)
Ret - The Men [Rot - men]
Ret na Rome - We Men above mankind [Rome - men;mankind]
Rome n Keme - Men of Black ("Egyptians")
TaMeru - Land of the Inundation people (Egyptians)
Tawiu - The Two Lands people (Egyptian) [Ta;to - land]

Names for Africa
(Note that these names are titular and are essentially synonyms)
Ta Khent- Land of the beginning
Ta Khentiu- Land of the founders (chiefs, beginners, leaders...)
Khentu Hon Nefer- Founders of the good (excellent, perfect...) order
Iau- The Old country
Pwonit ("Punt")- The country of the first existence/The first country (to exist)
Ta Ntr- Land of the gods (ancestors)
Ta Noute- God's Land

posted 25 March 2005 03:29 PM            

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It is a primary reason why 'historical distortionist' rarely deal with the Egyptian language as a source.

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I could not agree more. It is quite gratuitous when compared to other written histories [Greek] how the mdw ntr is avoided, a good example is the Oxford History of Ancient Egypt [a relatively constructive ws.t volume].