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The following is a list of Demotic Egyptian words. Demotic was the variation of Egyptian that was spoken in Cleopatra VII’s time. These words will appear throughout the story and are a rough equivalent to their meaning. The ancient Egyptians did not generally use vowels.

 

Also remember that I am not an Egyptologist nor am I a scholar and that my research has been done to the best of my ability. That means that any discrepancies you find are mine and mine alone. This list and story line are not meant to offend but to entertain.

 

Ancient Egyptian Dictionary –


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]

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.)

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)

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.)

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.)

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)

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)

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.)

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.)

I - -i (-i, masc. or fem. verb suffix)
imagine - ib (ib, verb)
in - em (m, preposition)
into (a place) - er (r, preposition)

joy - reshwet (rSw.t, fem.)

kind - ima (imA, adj.)
King (of Egypt) - nesew (nsw, masc.)
kiss (noun) - khenmet (xnm.t, fem.)
kiss (verb) - sen (sn, verb)

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.)

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)

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.)

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.)

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.)

quiet, be - ger (ger, verb)

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.)

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.)

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)

under - kher (Xr, preposition)
up - er-her (r-Hr, adverb)
Upper Egypt - Ta-Shema'ew (tA-Smaw, masc.)
us - en (n, object pronoun)

vegetable(s) - iaqet (iAq.t, fem.)
victory - nekhtew (nxtw, masc.)
Vizier - tjatey (TAty, masc.)

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)

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)