jm

• IPA^(key): /m̥/

jm (upper case Jm)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /im/
  • Conventional anglicization: im

The adverbial form of m.

1. therein, in it, there
2. (in reference to a period of time) during it, on it
3. (with certain verbs of motion) thereto, into it, thither
4. therefrom, thence, from within it, out of it, out
5. (in reference to a quantity) thereof, out of it, of them
6. therewith, by means of it
7. regarding it, concerning it, thereto

• Demotic: n.jm, n.jm⸗, n.ꜣm⸗, jm⸗, ꜣm⸗
  • ⇒ Demotic: n.jm⸗w
    • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲟ (mo), ⲙ̄ⲙⲟ (m̄mo)
    • Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲩ (mau), ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲩ (m̀mau)
    • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲩ (meu), ⲙⲉⲟⲩ (meou), ⲙ̄ⲙⲉⲩ (m̄meu)
    • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲙⲉⲩ (meu), ⲙⲉⲟⲩ (meou), ⲙ̄ⲙⲉⲩ (m̄meu)
    • Old Coptic: ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou), ⲙⲉⲟⲩ (meou), ⲛⲙⲁⲟⲩ (nmaou), ⲛⲙⲉⲟⲩ (nmeou)
    • Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲩ (mau), ⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲩ (m̄mau)

1. form of m (“in”) used when the object is a suffix pronoun

See under the adverb above.

1. abbreviation of jmj (“being (in), inherent (in)”)

 2-lit.

1. (intransitive) to moan, to groan, to wail, to lament (+ ḥr or m: over) [since Middle Kingdom literature]

 m

1. side, side of ribs (as a body part or as food) [Old Kingdom and 19th Dynasty]
2. form, shape [Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and 18th Dynasty]

 m

1. a material of which twt-images can consist, which can also be used for ‘filling’ walls; the meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [since the Middle Kingdom]
   1. a kind of plaster or similarly plastic material, possibly gesso
   2. abraded material (crumbs, fragments) from statuettes of protective deities and other sacred images

Formerly a meaning of ‘loam, clay’ was commonly suggested, but this is based on a Coptic etymology that is probably false—Coptic ⲟⲙⲉ (ome) is to be connected with ꜥmꜥt (“mud”), not jm. Further discussion is available at the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae; see the commentary by Lutz Popko at “jm (Lemma ID 24690)”.

• “jm (lemma ID 24640)”, “jm (lemma ID 24660)”, “jm (lemma ID 24670)”, and “jm (lemma ID 24690)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 72.4–72.10, 77.12–77.13, 77.16–78.3
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 17–18
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 86, 106, 112.