st-ꜥ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sta"

Egyptian

Etymology

st (“seat, place”) +‎ ꜥ (“arm”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally “place of the arm”.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛt ɑː/
  • Conventional anglicization: set-a

Noun

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1. activity, action
2. ability

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 236.