zp n jwtt

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps from zp (“occasion, matter”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ jwtt (“the nonexistent”), but other interpretations using the verb zpj (“to be left”) or noun zp (“remainder, rest”) have also been proposed. For n jwtt compare also n ntt (“because”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /zɛp ɛn iuːtɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: zep en iutet

Adverb

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. uselessly, in vain, to no effect
   2. until none remain, to the very last

References

• “zp-n-jw.tjt (lemma ID 500022)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 47.3
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[3], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 439.18
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 14