n ꜣbw
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
n (“to, for”) + ꜣbw (inflection of ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛn ɑbuː/
- Conventional anglicization: en abu
Preposition edit
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- (Late Egyptian, with a verb in the infinitive) in order to
References edit
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.7