ḫntw

Egyptian

Etymology

ḫnt (“at the head of”) +‎ -w (“adverbializing suffix”).

Pronunciation

Adverb
xntn
t		 w
  1. previously, before
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 155:
      aHaa
      n      		 d
      p t      		 P1t
      f      		 iiit
      D54      		 miiz
      r&t      		 E20A2n
      f      		 W18n
      t
      ꜥḥꜥ.n dpt tf jj.t(j) mj srt.n.f ḫnt(w)
      Then that boat came as he had previously predicted.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫntw  
xntn
t
ḫnt

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 88.
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