jꜣtjw

Egyptian

Etymology

jꜣt (“mound”) +‎ -j (nisba ending) +‎ -w (plural ending).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑtiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: iatiu

Noun

m pl

(plural only) mound-dwellers

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 317

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