r ẖnw

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding”) +‎ ẖnw (“interior”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jiɾˈçaːnaw/ → /jiʔˈçaːnaw/ → /ʔəˈçaːnə/ → /ʔəˈçoːn/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /jiɾˈçaːnaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jiʔˈçaːnaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈçaːnə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəˈçoːn/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr çɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: er khenu

Preposition

1. into
2. within, inside

Adverb

1. inside

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ (exoun) (Bohairic), ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ (ehoun) (Sahidic)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 372.1–372.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 202