pwntjw

Egyptian

Etymology

Derived from pwnt (“The land of Punt”) +‎ -j +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /puːntiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: puntiu

Proper noun

m pl

plural of pwntj: the people of the Punt, a country south of Egypt on the Red Sea.

References

Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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