sn-tꜣ

Egyptian
FWOTD – 7 August 2019

Etymology

sn (“to kiss, to smell”) +‎ tꜣ (“land, ground”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /sanˈtaʀ/ → /sanˈtaʀ/ → /sənˈtaʔ/ → /sənˈtaʔ/

Verb
z
n
fnD		 N17
N21 Z1

 compound

  1. (intransitive) to prostrate oneself, to kowtow
    • 18th Dynasty, Great Hymn to Osiris, Stela of Amenmose (Louvre C 286), line 6:
      imi
      Z2ss      		 dwA
      t pr      		 mz
      n
      fnD
      N17
      N21 Z1      		 Tz
      t      		 tywZ2ss
      H_SPACE      		 mk
      A16 Z3
      jmjw dwꜣt m sn-tꜣ ṯztjw m ksw
      Those in the afterworld kiss the earth, and those in the desert hills bow down.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sn-tꜣ  
snn
fnD		 tA
fnD
tA
sn-tꜣ sn-tꜣ
[Middle and New Kingdom]
abbreviation

References
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