ksw

Egyptian

Etymology

ksj (“to bow down”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɛsuː/
- Conventional anglicization: kesu

Noun

m

bowing, bow, obeisance
- c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 6:
  
  jmjw dwꜣt m sn-tꜣ ṯztjw m ksw
  Those in the afterworld kiss the earth, and those in the desert hills bow down (lit. are in bowing).

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ksw

V31 [k]

A16

ksw

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 140.1–140.11
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 287

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