sn-tꜣ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "snt"

Egyptian

FWOTD – 7 August 2019

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 compound

  1. (intransitive) to prostrate oneself, to kowtow
    • 18th Dynasty, Great Hymn to Osiris, Stela of Amenmose (Louvre C 286), line 6:









      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  

sn-tꜣ sn-tꜣ
[Middle and New Kingdom]
abbreviation

References

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