jw.f ꜥꜣ.f
Egyptian
Etymology
jw (“comes”) + .f (“he”) + ꜥꜣ (“becomes great”) + .f (“he”), a reciprocal sentence, literally ‘no sooner does he come than he becomes great’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iuːʔɛf ɑːʔɑʔɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: iu.ef aa.ef
Noun
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- man on the rise, someone quickly becoming important
References
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 224