nt-ꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

nt (feminine of nj (“of, belonging to”)) +‎ ꜥ (“hand, state, condition”), thus ‘(what is) belonging to the hand/state of affairs’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛt ɑː/
- Conventional anglicization: net-a

Noun

f

the way of doing things, custom, practice, ritual

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 457.
Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 53

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