snb.t ꜥnḫ.t

Egyptian

Etymology

snb (“be healthy”) +‎ .t (second-person singular stative ending) +‎ ꜥnḫ (“to live”) +‎ .t (second-person singular stative ending), thus literally ‘you being healthy and alive’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnɛbʔɛt ɑːnxʔɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: seneb.et ankh.et

Phrase

Used to make a polite request; if you please, please.

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 221

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