Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Compare qꜣꜥ (to vomit), Oromo hooqqisuu, hooqqisiisuu (to vomit).

Verb

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qisD26A2

 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to vomit [medical papyri and Greco-Roman Period]
  2. (transitive, of floodwater) to gush upon (the fields) [Greco-Roman Period]
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Noun

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qisD26A2

 m

  1. vomit [medical papyri]
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See under the verb above.

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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qisniwt

  m./f. topo.

  1. the city of Cusae in Upper Egypt [since the Middle Kingdom]
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