msw-nswt

Egyptian

Etymology

From msw (“children”) +‎ nswt (“king”) in a direct genitive construction. The written form demonstrates honorific transposition.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛsuː nɛsuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: mesu-nesut

Noun

 m pl

1. (plural only) the royal children collectively; princes and princesses

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of msw-nswt  

msw-nswt

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 394.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 139.7