wpt r

Egyptian

Etymology

wpt (infinitive of wpj (“to open”)) +‎ r (“mouth”), thus ‘opening of the mouth’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛpɛt ɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: wepet er

Noun

m

the opening of the mouth ceremony, a funerary ritual that symbolically reanimates the deceased and lets them regain the senses and physical powers they had in life

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 321

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