m ẖnw

Egyptian

Etymology

m (“in”) +‎ ẖnw (“interior”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛm çɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: em khenu

Preposition

1. inside

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m ẖnw  

m ẖnw	m ẖnw
Here the hieroglyph for water is under the hieroglyph for a pot — the Egyptian phrase “water under a pot” is mw ẖr nw, which sounded like m ẖnw.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 32, 252.