𐤌𐤌

Phoenician

Alternative forms

𒈪𒂊𒈠 (mé-e-ma) — in Amarna letter EA 148, 31

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *may-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meːm/

Noun

𐤌𐤌 (mm /mēm/) pl

water
1. Name of the thirteenth letter of the Phoenician alphabet (𐤌‬).

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /⁠mēm⁠/), from Proto-Semitic *may-.

Pronunciation

(6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /meːm/

(2^th BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /meːm/

(2^th CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /meːm/

Noun

𐤌𐤌 (mm /mēm/) pl

water
- c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 1142:
  Al. Anec este mem!
  No, I shall drink water!

References

Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 292

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