ḫntw
Egyptian
editEtymology
editḫnt (“at the head of”) + -w (“adverbializing suffix”).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛnɛtuː/
- Conventional anglicization: khenetu
Adverb
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- previously, before
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 155:
- ꜥḥꜥ.n dpt tf jj.t(j) mj srt.n.f ḫnt(w)
- Then that boat came as he had previously predicted.
Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntw
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.