Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Egyptian Pronounced Pron. pah-MEE-you [key] Other Forms FormsPami, Pemu Meaning & History From Egyptian pꜣ-mjw or pꜣ-my meaning "the cat, the tomcat" or "he who belongs to the cat Bastet". It is sometimes incorrectly translated as pꜣ-mꜣj "the lion". This was the birth name of a pharaoh of the 22nd Dynasty.