r jmntt

Egyptian

Etymology

r (“regarding, to, against”) +‎ jmntt (“west”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛr imɛntɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: er amentet

Interjection

cry conventionally used when conveying the dead to their final resting places: to the west!
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see r,‎ jmntt.

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 87.11–87.12

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