nswtyw

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from nswt (“king”) +‎ -j (nisba ending) +‎ -w (plural ending).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛsuːtiːuː/
- Conventional anglicization: nesutyu

Noun

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(collective) tenant farmers of lands belonging to the king [Middle Kingdom literature]

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 334.10

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