n ꜣbw
Egyptian
editEtymology
editn (“to, for”) + ꜣbw (inflection of ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛn ɑbuː/
- Conventional anglicization: en abu
Preposition
edit |
- (Late Egyptian, with a verb in the infinitive) in order to
References
edit- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.7