zꜣ-tꜣ
Egyptian
Etymology 1
zꜣ (“protection”) + tꜣ (“earth”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘protection of the earth’, referring to prostration on the ground.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɑ tɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: za-ta
Noun
m
- homage
Etymology 2
zꜣ (“son”) + tꜣ (“earth”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘son of the earth’.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈziʀtaʀ/ → /ˈsiʀtaʀ/ → /ˈsiːtəʔ/ → /ˈsiːt(ə)/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɑ tɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: za-ta
Noun
m
- snake
Descendants
- Demotic: syṱ
- Coptic: ⲥⲓⲧ (sit)
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 387.
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 57