ntjw jm
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ntjw (“(those) who are”) + jm (“therein”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛtiuː im/, /ɛntiuː im/
- Conventional anglicization: netiu im, entiu im
Noun[edit]
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m pl
- (plural only, euphemistic) the dead
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 6–7:
- ḏrtjw m ṯḥw mꜣ.sn sw ntjw jm ḥr nr n.f
- The ancestors are in joy when they see him, and the dead are in awe of him.