jꜥj nbw

Egyptian

Etymology

jꜥj (“to wash”) +‎ nbw (“gold”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑːi nɛbuː/
- Conventional anglicization: iai nebu

Verb

compound

to separate gold out from worthless material by the action of flowing water, to wash gold

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 39.17
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 10

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