sn-tꜣ

Egyptian

FWOTD – 7 August 2019

Etymology

sn (to kiss, to smell) + tꜣ (land, ground).

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /sanˈtaʀ//sanˈtaʀ//sənˈtaʔ//sənˈtaʔ/

Verb




 compound

  1. (intransitive) to prostrate oneself, to kowtow
    • 18th Dynasty, 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.

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