ḥnꜥw

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Egyptian

Etymology

ḥnꜥ (“along with”) +‎ -w (adverbializing suffix).

Pronunciation

Adverb

Hn
a
Z2
  1. along with them, along with it
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 130–131:
      xprr
      n      		 rsD35
      n      		 wA1Hn
      a      		 AmQ7n
      y      		 D35
      n      		 wA1mHr
      r      		 ibsn
      Z2
      ḫpr.n r.s nn wj ḥnꜥ(w) ꜣm.nj nn wj m ḥr(j) jb.sn
      But it happened while I wasn’t with them, and they burned up while I wasn’t in their midst.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥnꜥw  
Hn
a
ḥnꜥ

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 87.
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