jꜥj nbw

Egyptian

Etymology

jꜥj (“to wash”) +‎ nbw (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑːi nɛbuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iai nebu

Verb

 compound

1. to separate gold out from worthless material by the action of flowing water, to wash gold

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 39.17
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 10