ḫmnyw

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḫmnw (“eight”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛmɛniːuː/
- Conventional anglicization: khemenyu

Proper noun

m

the Ogdoad, the group of eight gods representing aspects of the primeval waters worshipped at Hermopolis

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 130.

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