sn-tꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

sn (“to kiss, to smell”) +‎ tꜣ (“land, ground”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛn tɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: sen-ta

Verb

compound

(intransitive) to prostrate oneself, to kowtow
- 18th Dynasty, Great Hymn to Osiris, Stela of Amenmose (Louvre C 286), line 6:
  
  jmjw dwꜣt m sn-tꜣ ṯztjw m ksw
  Those in the afterworld kiss the earth, and those in the desert hills bow down.

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