zꜣ-tꜣ

zꜣ (“protection”) +‎ tꜣ (“earth”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘protection of the earth’, referring to prostration on the ground.

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑ tɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: za-ta

 m

1. homage

zꜣ (“son”) +‎ tꜣ (“earth”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘son of the earth’.

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɑ tɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: za-ta

 m

1. snake

• Demotic: syṱ
  • Coptic: ⲥⲓⲧ (sit)

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 387.