n ꜣbw

Egyptian

Etymology

n (“to, for”) +‎ ꜣbw (inflection of ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”)).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn ɑbuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: en abu

Phrase

1. (Late Egyptian, with a following verb in the infinitive) in order to

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.7