mnṯw-wsr

Egyptian

Etymology

mnṯw (“Montu”) +‎ wsr (“to be powerful”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus literally ‘Montu is powerful’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnt͡ʃuː wɛsɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: mentju-weser

Proper noun

m

a male given name, Mentuwoser

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 278.

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