wpt-r

Egyptian

Etymology

wpt (infinitive of wpj (“to open”)) +‎ r (“mouth”), thus ‘opening of the mouth’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛpɛt ɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: wepet-er

Noun

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1. the opening of the mouth ceremony, a funerary ritual that symbolically reanimates the deceased and lets them regain the senses and physical powers they had in life

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 321.