špssw
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɛpsɛsuː/
- Conventional anglicization: shepsesu
Noun[edit]
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- finery, luxuries, riches
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 146–148:
- dj.j jn.t(w) n.k ḥꜥw ꜣtp.w ẖr špssw nb n(j) kmt mj jrrt n nṯr mrr r(m)ṯ m tꜣ wꜣ nj rḫ sw r(m)ṯ
- I will have them bring you a fleet laden with every finery of Egypt, like what is done for a god beloved by people[1] in a faraway land people don’t know.
Descendants[edit]
- Sahidic Coptic: ϣⲃϣⲓ (šbši)
References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 375.
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 129
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 258