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WbnRaMPt's Vocabulary
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a, an - not used in Egyptian
Admiral - Imey-er-a'ha'ew (imy-r aHa.w, masc.)
ale - djesret (Dsr.t, fem.)
Alexandria (capital of Egypt) - Ra'qedyet (ra-qdy.t, fem.)
all - neb (nb, adj.) [f. nebet, pl. nebew, f. pl. nebwet]
and - not used in Egyptian
another - key (ky, masc.), ket (k.t, fem.) (both precede their nouns)
answer - wesheb (wSb, masc.)
answer - wesheb (wSb, verb)
architect - qed (qd, masc.); qedet (qd.t, fem.)
arm - a' (a, masc.); (two arms) a'wey (a.wy, masc. dual)
army - mesha' (mSa, masc.)
as - em (m, preposition)
ask (a question) - nedj (nD, verb)
ask (for something) - debeh (dbH, verb)
avatar - tewet (tw.t, fem.)
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bad - bin (bin, adj.) [f. binet, pl. binew, f. pl. binwet]
baker - retehtey (rtH.ty, masc.); retehtet (rtH.tt, fem.)
barge - weskhet (wsx.t, fem.)
battle - re-a'-khet (r-a-xt, masc.)
beautiful - nefer (nfr, adj.) [f. nefret, pl. nefrew, f. pl. neferwet]
beauty - nefrew (nfrw, masc.)
beer - henqet (Hnq.t, fem.)
big - wer (wr, adj.) [f. weret]
bird - aped (Apd, masc.)
black - kem (km, adj.)
book - shefdew (Sfdw, masc.)
bread - te (t, masc.)
bread, white - te-hedj (t-HD, masc.)
bright - hedj (HD, adj.)
bring - ini (ini, verb)
bring back - a'nen (ann, verb)
brother - sen (sn, masc.)
by - in (in, preposition)
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Captain (of ship) - sekhrey (sxry, masc.)
cat - miew (miw, masc.)
chair - pehdjew (pHDw, masc.)
Chantress - heset-netjer (Hs.t-nTr, fem.)
chariot - wereryet (wrry.t, fem.)
charming - ima (imA, adj.)
citizen - niewtey (niw.ty, masc.), niewtet (niw.tt, fem.)
city - niwet (niw.t, fem.)
come - ii (ii, verb)
come back - a'nen (ann, verb)
correct - metey (mty, adj.)
courtyard (AS room) - webat (wbA.t, fem.)
crew (of ship) - iset (is.t, fem.)
cucumber(s) - shespet (Ssp.t, fem.)
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date cake(s) (a sweet) - benret (bnr.t, fem.)
date(s) (fruit) - bener (bnr, masc.)
daughter - sat (sA.t, fem.)
day - herew (hrw, masc.)
desert ("the red land") - deshret (dSr.t, fem.)
dislike - mesedj (msD, verb)
dog - iew (iw, masc.)
dream (noun) - reswet (rsw.t, fem.)
drink - sewer (swr, verb)
duck - aped (Apd, masc.)
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eat - wenem (wnm, verb)
Egypt ("The Black Land") - Kemet (km.t, fem.)
Egypt ("The Two Lands") - tawey (tA.wy, masc.)
enemy - kheftey (xf.ty, masc.)
enter - a'q (aq, verb)
Entrance (AS room) - re-it (r-i.t, masc.)
every - neb (nb, adj.) [f. nebet]
evil - bin (bin, adj.) [f. binet, pl. binew, f. pl. binwet]
eye - iret (ir.t, fem.); (two eyes) iretey (ir.ty, masc.(!) dual)
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father - it (it, masc.)
favor - heset (Hs.t, fem.)
figs - dabew (dAb.w, masc. plural)
figs, notched - neqa'ewet (nqa.wt, fem. plural)
first - tepey (tp.y, adj.) [f. tepet]
fish - rem (rm, masc.)
fleet (naval) - a'ha'ew (aha.w, masc. plural)
food - heset (Hs.t, fem.)
foot - red (rd, masc.); (two feet) redwey (rd.wy, masc. dual)
for - en (n, preposition)
forget - mehi (mhi, verb)
friend - khenmes (xnms, masc.); khenemset (xnms.t, fem.)
from - em (m, preposition)
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General (of the army) - Imey-er-mesha' (imy-r mSa, masc.)
gentle - ima (imA, adj.)
give - redi (rdi, verb)
go out - peri (pri, verb)
god - netjer (nTr, masc.)
goddess - netjret (nTr.t, fem.)
GodsServant - hem-netjer (Hm-nTr, masc.); hemet-netjer (Hm.t-nTr, fem.)
good - nefer (nfr, adj.) [f. nefret, pl. nefrew, f. pl. neferwet]
grape(s) - iareret (iArr.t, fem.)
great - a'a (aA, adj.)
green - wadj (wAD, adj.)
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hand - djeret (Dr.t, fem.); (two hands) djeretey (Dr.ty, fem. dual)
handsome - nefer (nfr, adj.)
happy - resh (rS, adj.)
hate - mesedj (msD, verb)
he - -ef (-f, verb suffix)
hear - sedjem (sDm, verb)
heart - ib (ib, masc.)
her - -es (-s, possessive suffix)
her - sey (sy, object pronoun)
High Priest - hem-netjer-tepey (Hm-nTr-tp.y, masc.)
High Priestess - hemet-netjer-tepet (Hm.t-nTr-tp.t, fem.)
him - sew (sw, object pronoun)
his - -ef (-f, possessive suffix)
honey - bit (bi.t, fem.)
horse - sesmet (ssm.t, fem.)
hour - wenwet (wnw.t, fem.)
house - per (pr, masc.)
husband - hi (hi, masc.)
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I - -i (-i, masc. or fem. verb suffix)
imagine - ib (ib, verb)
in - em (m, preposition)
into (a place) - er (r, preposition)
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joy - reshwet (rSw.t, fem.)
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kind - ima (imA, adj.)
King (of Egypt) - nesew (nsw, masc.)
kiss (noun) - khenmet (xnm.t, fem.)
kiss (verb) - sen (sn, verb)
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lady (mistress) - nebet (nb.t, fem.)
land - ta (tA, masc.)
large - wer (wr, adj.) [f. weret]
leader - seshmew (sSmw, masc.)
leave - peri (pri, verb)
leave - rewi (rwi, verb)
leek(s) (vegetable) - iaqet (iAq.t, fem.)
lesson - sebayet (sbAy.t, fem.)
Library (AS room) - per-medja (pr-mDA, masc.)
life - a'nekh (anx, masc.)
like (similar to) - mi (mi, preposition)
like (verb) - meri (mri, verb)
listen - sedjem (sDm, verb)
little - ket (kt, adj.)
live (be alive) - a'nekh (anx, verb)
live (somewhere) - hemsi (Hmsi, verb)
lord (master) - neb (nb, masc.)
love (noun) - merwet (mrw.t, fem.)
love (verb) - meri (mri, verb)
Lower Egypt - Ta-Mehew (tA-mHw, masc.)
loyal - maa' (mAa, adj.)
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man - se (s, masc.)
Mayor - herey-tep (Hr.y-tp, masc.); heret-tep (Hr.t-tp, fem.)
me - wi (wi, object pronoun)
Mediterranean Sea - Wadj-wer (wAD-wr, masc.)
merchant - shewtey (Swty, masc.); shewtet (Swt.t, fem.)
message - wepwet (wpw.t, fem.)
message board - ineb-wepwet (inb-wpw.t, masc.)
midwife - tjemset (Tms.t, fem.)
mistake, make a - nenem (nnm, verb)
money - hedj (HD, masc.)
month - abed (Abd, masc.)
moon - ia'eh (iaH, masc.)
morning - dewa (dwA, masc.)
mother - mewet (mw.t, fem.)
mourner - haitey (HAi.ty, masc. or fem.)
mouth - re (r, masc.)
music - ihey (iHy, masc.)
my - -i (-i, masc. or fem. possessive suffix)
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name - ren (rn, masc.)
navy - a'ha'ew (aha.w, masc. plural)
Nekheb (city in Lower Egypt) - Nekheb (nxb, masc.)
new - maw (mAw, adj.)
night - gereh (grH, masc.)
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of - ne (n, masc. singular); new (nw, masc. plural); net (nt, fem. sing. or plural)
office (room) - kha (xA, masc.)
oil, fine (for eating or cooking) - tepet (tp.t, fem.)
on - her (Hr, preposition)
onions - hedjew (HD.w, masc. plural)
other - key (ky, masc.), ket (k.t, fem.) (both precede their nouns)
our - -en (-n, possessive suffix)
out of - em (m, preposition)
Overseer (a title) - imey-er (imy-r, masc.)
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page - djerma' (Drma, masc.)
pea(s) - tehwey (tHwy, masc.)
peace - hetep (Htp, masc.)
Pharaoh - per-a'a (pr-aA, masc.)
physician - sewnew (swnw, masc.); sewenwet (swnw.t, fem.)
picture - teyet (ti.t, fem.)
place - bew (bw, masc., singular only)
pleasant - bener (bnr, adj.)
pomegranate - inhemen (inhmn, masc.)
pyramid - mer (mr, masc.)
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quiet, be - ger (ger, verb)
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read - shedi (Sdi, verb)
red - desher (dSr, adj.)
remember - sekha (sxA, verb)
return - a'nen (ann, verb)
ring (for finger) - shen (Sn, masc.)
roast (a roast of any meat) - ashret (ASr.t, fem.)
room - a't (a.t, fem.)
Royal (used as second part of a compound word) - -nesew (-nsw, masc.)
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sail (downstream) - khedi (xdi, verb)
sail (upstream) - khesfew (xsfw, verb)
sailor - seqdew (sqdw, masc.)
say - djed (Dd, verb)
scribe - sesh (sS, masc. or fem.)
sculptor - genewtey (gnwty, masc.); genewtet (gnwt.t, fem.)
seat - set (s.t, fem.)
second - sennew (sn.nw, adj.)
see - maa (mAA, verb)
send - hab (hAb, verb)
sentence (as in a book) - tjes (Ts, masc.)
servant - bak (bAk, masc.); baket (bAk.t, fem.)
she - -es (-s, verb suffix)
ship - depet (dp.t, fem.)
sister - senet (sn.t, fem.)
sky - pet (p.t, fem.)
sleep (noun) - a'a'ew (aaw, masc.)
sleep (verb) - sedjer (sDr, verb)
small - ket (kt, adj.)
soldier - wa'ew (waw, masc.)
son - sa (sA, masc.)
soul - ka (kA, masc.)
speak - djed (Dd, verb)
station - set (s.t, fem.)
statue - tewet (tw.t, fem.)
stonemason - ikey (iky, masc.)
strength - pehtey (pH.ty, masc.)
Study (AS room) - kha (xA, masc.)
suppose - ib (ib, verb)
sun - ra' (ra, masc.)
sweet - bener (bnr, adj.), nedjem (nDm, adj.)
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take - shesep (Ssp, verb)
teach - seba (sbA, verb)
teacher - seba (sbA, masc.)
telegram - medjat (mDA.t, fem.)
tell - djed (Dd, verb)
temple - hewet-netjer (Hw.t-nTr, fem.)
thank (god) - dewa-netjer (dwA-nTr, verb)
the - not used in Egyptian
Thebes (capital of Upper Egypt) - Waset (wAs.t, fem.)
their - -sen (-sn, possessive suffix)
them - sen (sn, object pronoun)
there - im (im, adverb)
they - -sen (-sn, verb suffix)
thing - khet (x.t, fem.)
think - ib (ib, verb)
this - pen (pn, masc. adj.), ten (tn, fem. adj.)
throw - khaa' (xAa, verb)
time - new (nw, masc.)
to (a person) - en (n, preposition)
to (a place) - er (r, preposition)
today - min (min, masc. or adverb)
together with - hena' (Hna, preposition)
tomorrow - dewaw (dwAw, masc. or adverb)
towards (a place) - er (r, preposition)
tree - khet (xt, masc.)
true - maa' (mAa, adj.)
truth - maa'et (mAa.t, fem.)
turn back - a'nen (ann, verb)
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under - kher (Xr, preposition)
up - er-her (r-Hr, adverb)
Upper Egypt - Ta-Shema'ew (tA-Smaw, masc.)
us - en (n, object pronoun)
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vegetable(s) - iaqet (iAq.t, fem.)
victory - nekhtew (nxtw, masc.)
Vizier - tjatey (TAty, masc.)
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wall - ineb (inb, masc.)
water - mew (mw, masc.)
we - -en (-n, verb suffix)
weaver - sekhtey (sxty, masc.); sekhtet (sxt.t, fem.)
web - seshnet (sSn.t, fem.)
well (of water) - khenmet (Xnm.t, fem.)
where? - tjen? (Tn, adverb)
white - hedj (HD, adj.)
wife - hemet (Hm.t, fem.)
wine - irep (irp, masc.)
with (an instrument) - em (m, preposition)
with (together) - hena' (Hna, preposition)
woman - set (s.t, fem.), hemet (Hm.t, fem.)
wood - khet (xt, masc.)
word - medew (mdw, masc.)
work - kat (kA.t, fem.)
write - sesh (sS, verb)
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year - renpet (rnp.t, fem.)
you - -ek (-k, masc. singular verb suffix)
you - -etj (-T, fem. singular verb suffix)
you - -tjen (-Tn, plural verb suffix)
you - tjew (Tw, masc. singular object pronoun)
you - tjen (Tn, fem. singular object pronoun)
you - tjen (Tn, plural object pronoun)
your - -ek (-k, masc. singular possessive suffix)
your - -etj (-T, fem. singular possessive suffix)
your - -tjen (-Tn, plural possessive suffix)

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