jj.tj

Egyptian

Etymology

Stative stem of jj (“to come”) +‎ .tj (second-person singular stative ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iʔiʔti/
  • Conventional anglicization: ii.ti

Interjection

1. welcome (greeting upon someone’s arrival)

Usage notes

Syntactically this word functions as an adverbial (like other stative verb forms). It is usually followed by m ḥtp (“in peace”).

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jj.tj  

jj.tj

Synonyms

• jjwj

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 218.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 116
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 38.5–38.6