jmntt

Egyptian

Etymology

Nominalized from the feminine of jmntj.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jaˈmintit/ → /jaˈmintiʔ/ → /ʔaˈmentə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɛnɛtɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: amenetet

Noun

f

west, the West

Synonyms

jmn
jmnt

Antonyms

Descendants

Akhmimic Coptic: ⲉⲙⲛⲧⲉ (emnte)
Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲙⲉⲛϯ (amenti)
Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲙⲛⲧⲉ (amnte)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 456.
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 6

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 57

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