Khem Resh: words from the old world

A warning:

Our words were spelled out in a sort of shorthand, sometimes only including consonants, and not even all of those. To make matters worse, modern human scholars trying to reconstruct the language sometimes make mistakes, and yet I must use them to supplement my own scanty English.

Note on transliterations:

I use the number 3 for the rough gravelly sound close to an AHHH that doesn't exist in English. The capital H is also a special consonant: it's slightly harsher than the sound at the end of the Scottish "loch", sounding as if the word rammed into a brick wall. For how I came up with the other vowels, see below.

Notes on combining words:

"em" is Egyptian for "in", so you can write things like iaH 'm pet for Moon in the sky.
"En" is "of": Ma'at n yib, truth of my heart.
Adding a 't' after a word like 'interpreter' makes it feminine, since feminine nouns end in t.
Adding a "w" at the end of a noun makes it plural.

Gimme some words, already!

	irya3	doorkeeper Gatekeeper?
	aw	interpreter
	iaH	moon (the sign shows a crescent moon)
	w3dj	1. success, fortune 2. A green stone. 3. be green, fresh. Again, there were probably a few vowels or endings to differentiate these words in spoken speech; they're just closely related.
	inb	wall The gauntlet?
	wnwty	Hour-watcher, star-watcher, a priestly title. Stargazer!
	shwt	feather
	wadjet	a goddess whose name comes from the word for Green and success
	m3a, m3at	true, truth
	swHet	egg
	3d	(be) angry, aggressive
	seH-netcher	"chamber of the gods", the council chamber of Anubis
	meHeshHesh	filthy one, a name for a monster
	ikm	shield
	adjem	judge Philodox
	shemshw hyt	elder of the portal Warder?
	sesht3	mystery, secret
	Hek3	magic
	mekty	protector ( so mektyu means Guardian pack!)
	hnem-met	sun-folk
	psejd-netyw	new moon festival
	neb/nebt	lord/lady
	medes	keen, alert
	new	hunter
	seshemw	leader, guide
	peshedj	shrine,altar
	djened	rage
	ds	knife
	sefet	sword
	beHes	the hunt
	shemay/shemayt	singer/chantress Galliard?
	Hwn/Hwnt	youth/girl Cub?
	Hm	fool,jester At least, I think that's what poltroon means. Damn antique lexicon. ;)
	neHw	protector
	nesert	fire (also the name of a fire-goddess/cobra spirit)
	s3ti	brother and sister
	shemshw	elder
	m3a-kherw	to be True of Voice akin toTruth of Gaia--an important Egyptian concept
	heprt	edge, brim of a sheet of water place for reaching through to the umbra
	Hry sesht3	he who is set over the secrets Harbinger?
	khnemesh	friend
	khesb'd	sky-blue. The lapis bead judges wore which was inscribed with the word "ma'at".
	sedjty	foster-child
	benw	phoenix
	miw	cat
	penw	mouse
	tch(e)sm	hound
	nrt	vulture
	ky	monkey
	ash3	lizard
	ian	sacred baboon
	iart	cobra
	bik	falcon
	ib'r	stallion
	i3m	charm, graciousness
	i3mw	splendor, brilliance
	i3t't	cream, milk
	i3d't	dew
	iab	cup
	ib	heart. Also intelligence, wish, mind.
	ib'r	to dance [yeah, I know. Same signs...there was probably a different vowel between the b and r which the Egyptians didn't bother to write in.]
	ipwty	messenger
	inw	gifts,tribute
	idyt	girl, maid
	yiH!	Hey!
	a3	donkey
	ankh	literally, mirror. Usually, life.
	iH	net, catch, snare
	antyw	myrrh
	ad	desert's edge
	set-nem	lead astray
	sw3dj	renew
	webed	burn
	wepet	brow, vertex
	wen Hr en	light is given to (useful for adding to a noun you like, to make a fancy name)
	wenef	be glad
	beb3t	flowing stream
	b3stet	Bastet, the cat-goddess, sometimes just Bast.
	bit	honey
	bi3yt	marvel
	benet	harp
	pet	sky
	feq3	reward
	m3H	wreath
	mar	successful
	mw	water (A very precious concept, as you can tell from the words below)
	Hr muwen	loyal to
	mwnef	helper, champion
	mefk3t	turquoise
	swt	breeze
	swHet	egg
	seshed	glitter
	menw	trees (men is singular)
	mer	friend, beloved
	mr	cana, channel
	mri	love
	mert	weaver
	nebw	gold
	nefer	beautiful
	heret	contentment, quiet
	Hmt	craft
	Hmt-ib	skillful (literally, crafty-minded)
	Her-ret	flower
	Hedj-dj wt	brightness,light
	Hedj-t3	dawn
	kh3wy	night
	hrd	child
	s3/s3t	son/daughter (sa-Ra is what the Pharoah always called himself, son of the sun god. It shows up before every king's cartouche.)
	net	water
	shemw	summer
	w3w	wave
	itrw	river
	henw	brook
	Hep	Flood,inundation
	she	pool
	shetch3t	aurora,halo
	henmet	well
	q3y	ascent,high place (like a pyramid...can we say, Mage, the Ascension)
	Hedj	silver
	menat	beaded necklace of Hathor, a token of priestly office
	medjed	to strike the mark, adhere to a path
	shesmet	malachite, the name of a goddess
	bi3	copper
	tcheHnet	faience,precious glass
	tcheHen	sparkle
	m3tch	red granite
	deshert	red pot
	naa	smooth, be smooth
	tchmes	red
	tchmesw	injury, harm
	djw	mountain
	iswt	ancient times
	hbny	ebony--a modern English word from ancient Egyptian!
	weben	overflow
	kekw	darkness,chaos
	wekh	light
	dw3t	The duat, the afterlife
	shenyt	rainstorm
	sheb3	star (sheba!)
	ankhet	goat
	djeneH	wing We don't actually know what vowels these are. I wonder if this is actually the origin of the word Jonah?
	ahi	fly
	Hefner	tadpole, a man's name
	Hef3w	serpent
	bwt	abomination
	H3t	corpse

Egyptian Vowels

I use the number 3 for a vowel that's got a sort of gravelly sound to it...it's close to an AHHH.
The lowercase a I use (as in ankh) is a different sign from the 3, and I think it's softer--halfway between 'ah' and 'eh'.
It's not clear whether the Egyptian "i" was a "y" or an "i"...I've even seen some people use it as an e when making those popular commercial cartouches, since that's what was used for the e in "Alexander" and "Kleopatra" on the extremely late-period Rosetta Stone. At the beginning of a word--at least in middle Egyptian--I think it was more of a "yih" sound.
I use a w instead of a u for the ooo sound, because, well, that's what Gardiner does.
Finally, I write an "e" where the Egyptians didn't bother to write in a vowel; this is just an approximation.

For further words, see the Egyptian Coffin Texts. (Capital A for them = 3 for me)