n ꜣbw

Egyptian

Etymology

n (“to, for”) +‎ ꜣbw (inflection of ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”)).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn ɑbuː/
- Conventional anglicization: en abu

Phrase

(Late Egyptian, with a following verb in the infinitive) in order to

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 7.7

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