mjnt
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Egyptian
Etymology
From mjnj (“to moor (a boat)”) + -t.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /minɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: minet
Noun
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- mooring post; a wooden stake hammered into the ground to which a boat’s prow rope is tied
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 3–5:
- šzp ḫrpw ḥw mjnt ḥꜣtt rḏj.t(j) ḥr tꜣ
- The mallet has been taken, the mooring post has been struck, and the prow rope is set on land.