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Egyptian
Etymology
Possibly from nswt (“king”) + -j (nisba ending) + -w (plural ending).
Pronunciation
Noun
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- (collective) tenant farmers of lands belonging to the king
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 335.
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 334.10