tnmw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɛnɛmuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: tenemu

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

1. Alternative form of ṯnm (“beer”)

Etymology 2

From tnm (“to go astray, be lost”).

Proper noun

 m

1. the god Tenemu, personification of the ‘lostness’ of the primeval waters

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• 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.