ḫntw

Egyptian

Etymology

ḫnt (“at the head of”) +‎ -w (“adverbializing suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛnɛtuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: khenetu

Adverb

1. previously, before
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 155:

     ꜥḥꜥ.n dpt tf jj.t(j) mj srt.n.f ḫnt(w)

     Then that boat came as he had previously predicted.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntw  

ḫnt

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 88.