m ẖnw

Egyptian

Etymology

m (“in”) +‎ ẖnw (“interior”).

Pronunciation

Preposition
  1. inside

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m ẖnw  


m ẖnw m ẖnw
Here the hieroglyph for water is
under the hieroglyph for a pot —
the Egyptian phrase “water under a pot” is
mw ẖr nw, which sounded like m ẖnw.

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 32, 252.
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