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Progression In Kemet


Kohila

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Learning Kemet is not easy. :uhuh:

 

However, I'm beginning to break down a few of the walls that were keeping me from learning. :happydance:

 

Well, I learned early on that each word also has an extra hieroglyph tacked onto it, which is the key to denotating the different uses of the word.

 

For instance, take the word "pes". This word means either "water-pot of a palette" as well as "a kind of plant". I know I talked about this earlier, but I'm learning the differences now. ;) The water-pot version of "pes" has the word written in hieroglyphs, and they tack a pot hieroglyph to it as well. That way, when read, the reader understands the term used. Also, the plant version has a hieroglyph of a plant (whose phoenetic value is "hen") tacked to it.

 

Seems simple, no? :huh:

 

Well, it's not, as there's an exact total of 1329 different hieroglyphs listed in this book, no doubt more "yet-to-be-discovered" ones still out there. :OMG:

 

But, it's pretty easy to tell how the word is written now, since each hieroglyph is really only a picture. :P

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Kohila

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Furthermore, "pes" can also mean "moist bread", which leads to one obvious reason that the words are similar, simply put, it's because they all hold water. ;)

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Åusår
  • P.S. In addition to being the native name for the "
Unification of the Two Lands
" of Ancient Egypt, the word "
Kemet
" also refers to the spoken language of Hieroglyphics, the system of religious beliefs, and it basically translates into English as "
the dark, fertile soil has been blessed
".
:lol:

 

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