snb.t ꜥnḫ.t

Egyptian

Etymology

snb (“be healthy”) +‎ .t(j) (second-person singular stative ending) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“to live”) +‎ .t(j) (second-person singular stative ending), thus literally ‘you being healthy and alive’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnɛbʔɛt ɑːnxʔɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: seneb.et ankh.et

Phrase

Used to make a polite request; if you please, please.

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 221.