ꜣwt-ꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From ꜣwj-ꜥ (“to extend one’s arm, to offer”), thus literally ‘stretching out the arm’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑuːt ɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: aut-a

Proper noun

 f

1. an epithet of the goddess Nekhbet

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt-ꜥ  

ꜣw-ꜥ

[Greco-Roman Period]

Noun

 f

1. offering(s), gift(s) [since Middle Kingdom literature]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt-ꜥ  

ꜣwt-ꜥ	ꜣw-ꜥ	ꜣw-ꜥ
	[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

References

• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, pages 4–5
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 5.6–5.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 2