ḫftw

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Egyptian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ḫft (“across from, in accordance with”) +‎ -w (“adverbializing suffix”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

x&f&t w
  1. accordingly
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 2.6–2.7:
      wn
      n      		 innfrf
      r      		 stHrZ1ibZ1sn
      Z2      		 rx
      t      		 Y1
      Z2      		 nb
      t      		 n
      t y      		 mtA
      N23 Z1      		 p
      n      		 rDr
      r      		 f
      wn
      n      		 inaHaa
      D54      		 sn
      Z2      		 N41msB4sn
      Z2      		 x t
      f
      wn.jn nfr st ḥr jb.sn r ḫt nbt ntj m tꜣ pn r ḏr.f wn.jn ꜥḥꜥ.sn ḥms.sn ḫft(w)
      Then it was more pleasing on their hearts than anything that is in this entire land. So then they conducted themselves (lit. they stood and they sat) accordingly.

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫftw  
x t
f
ḫft

References[edit]

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88.
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