nbw-kꜣw-rꜥ
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Egyptian
Etymology
nbw (“golden”) + kꜣw (“kas”) + rꜥ (“Ra”), thus ‘golden (one) of the kas of Ra’. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.
Pronunciation
(reconstructed Middle Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnaːbiw ˈkuʀwaw ˈɾiːʕuw/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛbuː kɑuː rɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: nub-kau-ra
Proper noun
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- A throne name notably borne by Amenemhat II, a pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty
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 365.