ksw

Egyptian

Etymology

ksj (“to bow down”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛsuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: kesu

Noun

 m

1. bowing, bow, obeisance
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 6:

     jmjw dwꜣt m sn-tꜣ ṯztjw m ksw

     Those in the afterworld kiss the earth, and those in the desert hills bow down (lit. are in bowing).

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ksw  

ksw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 140.1–140.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 287