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