pwntjw

Egyptian

Etymology

Derived from pwnt (“The land of Punt”) +‎ -j +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /puːntiuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: puntiu

Proper noun

 m pl

1. plural of pwntj: the people of the Punt, a country south of Egypt on the Red Sea.

References

• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN