r jmntt
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
r (“regarding, to, against”) + jmntt (“west”).
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛr imɛntɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: er amentet
Interjection edit
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- cry conventionally used when conveying the dead to their final resting places: to the west!
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see r, jmntt.
References edit
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 87.11–87.12