jw-snb

Egyptian

Etymology

From the imperfective active participle of jj (“to come”) +‎ snb (“to be healthy”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus literally ‘(the one) coming healthy’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuː sɛnɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: iu-seneb

Proper noun

 m

1. a male given name, Iuseneb

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 342.