zꜣ-tꜣ
Appearance
Egyptian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]zꜣ (“protection”) + tꜣ (“earth”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘protection of the earth’, referring to prostration on the ground.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɑ tɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: za-ta
Noun
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Etymology 2
[edit]zꜣ (“son”) + tꜣ (“earth”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘son of the earth’.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈziʀtaʀ/ → /ˈsiʀtaʀ/ → /ˈsiːtə/ → /siːt/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /zɑ tɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: za-ta
Noun
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.