nswtyw

Egyptian

Etymology

Possibly from nswt (“king”) +‎ -j (nisba ending) +‎ -w (plural ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛsuːtiːuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: nesutyu

Noun

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1. (collective) tenant farmers of lands belonging to the king [Middle Kingdom literature]

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 335.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 334.10