jw-snb

Egyptian

Etymology

From the imperfective active participle of jj (“to come”) +‎ snb (“to be healthy”) +‎ (.w) (masculine singular stative ending), thus literally ‘(the one) coming healthy’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuː sɛnɛb/
- Conventional anglicization: iu-seneb

Proper noun

m

A male given name, Iuseneb

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 342.

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