ksw

Egyptian

Etymology

ksj (“to bow down”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛsuː/
- Conventional anglicization: kesu

Noun

m

bowing, bow, obeisance
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 6:
  
  jmjw dwꜣt m sn-tꜣ ṯztjw m ksw
  Those in the afterworld kiss the earth, and those in the desert hills bow down (lit. are in bowing).

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ksw

ksw

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140.1–140.11
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 287

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