smwn

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly contracted from an adverbial sentence sj +‎ m +‎ wn, meaning ‘it is something that may be’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛmuːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: semun

Particle

 proclitic

1. probably, perhaps, maybe; introduces an independent clause that is uncertain

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 196.