pwntjw
Egyptian
Etymology
Derived from pwnt (“The land of Punt”) + -j + -w.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /puːntiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: puntiu
Proper noun
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m pl
- plural of pwntj: the people of the Punt, a country south of Egypt on the Red Sea.
References
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN