st-ꜥ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sta"

Egyptian

Etymology

st (“seat, place”) +‎ ꜥ (“arm”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally “place of the arm”.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛt ɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: set-a

Noun

f

activity, action
ability

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 236

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