ꜥnt

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Egyptian

Etymology 1

From ꜥnn (to turn back) +‎ -t.

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Pronunciation

 
  • (senses ‘claw, nail’ and ‘adze’): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʕiːnVt//ˈʕiːnVʔ//ˈʕiːna//ˈʕiːnə/

Noun

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 f

  1. claw
  2. nail, fingernail, toenail
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    N33A
    jrj ꜥnwtto trim and prepare one’s nails, to do one’s nails
  3. talon of a bird
  4. thumb
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Noun

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 f

  1. carpenter’s adze
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Noun

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 f

  1. (jewelry) ring
  2. eyelet on a piece of jewelry
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Noun

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 f

  1. the smallest unit of time, smaller than a ḥꜣt; approximately a tierce
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Etymology 2

From ꜥnj (to be beautiful, pleasant, kind) +‎ -t, thus ‘the beautiful/pleasant/kind one’.

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 f

  1. an epithet of Hathor

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