ntt jwtt

Egyptian

Etymology

Compound formed from ntt (“that which exists”) +‎ jwtt (“that which doesn’t exist”), the nominalized feminine forms of ntj (relative adjective) +‎ jwtj (negative relative adjective), in coordination.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛtɛt iuːtɛt/, /ɛntɛt iuːtɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: netet iutet, entet iutet

Noun

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1. what is and what is not; everything imaginable

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 139.