ntt jwtt

Egyptian

Etymology

Compound formed from ntt (“that which exists”) +‎ jwtt (“that which doesn’t exist”), the nominalized feminine forms of ntj (relative adjective) +‎ jwtj (negative relative adjective).

Pronunciation

  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛtɛt iuːtɛt/, /ɛntɛt iuːtɛt/
    • Conventional anglicization: netet iutet, entet iutet

Noun

n
t t		 D35
t t		 G37

 f

  1. what is and what is not; everything imaginable

References

  • Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 139
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