Egyptian edit

Etymology edit

ḫnt (at the head of) +‎ -w (adverbializing suffix).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

xntn
t
w
  1. previously, before
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 155:
      aHaa
      n
      d
      p t
      P1t
      f
      iiit
      D54
      miiz
      r&t
      E20A2n
      f
      W18n
      t
      ꜥḥꜥ.n dpt tf jj.t(j) mj srt.n.f ḫnt(w)
      Then that boat came as he had previously predicted.

Alternative forms edit

References edit

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