tnmw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

  1. alternative form of ṯnm (“beer”)

Etymology 2

From tnm (“to go astray, be lost”).

Proper noun

 m

  1. the god Tenemu, personification of the ‘lostness’ of the primeval waters

References

  • Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 130.
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