Egyptian
Etymology
Stative stem of jj (“to come”) + .tj (second-person singular stative ending).
Pronunciation
Interjection
- welcome (greeting upon someone’s arrival)
Usage notes
Syntactically this word functions as an adverbial (like other stative verb forms). It is usually followed by m ḥtp (“in peace”).
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jj.tj
Synonyms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 38.5–38.6
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 10
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 218.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 116