r ẖnw

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding”) +‎ ẖnw (“interior”).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /jiɾˈçaːnaw/ → /jiʔˈçaːnaw/ → /ʔəˈçaːnə/ → /ʔəˈçoːn/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr çɛnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: er khenu

Preposition

into
within, inside

Adverb

inside

Descendants

Coptic: ⲉϧⲟⲩⲛ (exoun) (Bohairic), ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ (ehoun) (Sahidic)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 372.1–372.4
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 202

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