ḫftw

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Egyptian

Etymology

ḫft (“across from, in accordance with”) +‎ -w (“adverbializing suffix”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

x&f&t w
  1. accordingly
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.6–2.7:
      wn
      n      		 innfrf
      r      		 stHrZ1ibZ1sn
      Z2      		 rx
      t      		 Y1
      Z2      		 nb
      t      		 n
      t y      		 mtA
      N23 Z1      		 p
      n      		 rDr
      r      		 f
      wn
      n      		 inaHaa
      D54      		 sn
      Z2      		 N41msB4sn
      Z2      		 x t
      f
      wn.jn nfr st ḥr jb.sn r ḫt nbt ntj m tꜣ pn r ḏr.f wn.jn ꜥḥꜥ.sn ḥms.sn ḫft(w)
      Then it was more pleasing on their hearts than anything that is in this entire land. So then they conducted themselves (lit. they stood and they sat) accordingly.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫftw  
x t
f
ḫft

References

  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88.
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