Egyptian
Etymology
sn (“to kiss, to smell”) + tꜣ (“land, ground”).
Pronunciation
Verb
compound
- (intransitive) to prostrate oneself, to kowtow
- 18th Dynasty, 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.
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sn-tꜣ
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sn-tꜣ
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sn-tꜣ
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abbreviation
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References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 154.8–154.24
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 230