honorific transpositions

A form of honorific transposition — A shift in the sign order of a compound word or common phrase, to make certain religiously significant terms (e.g. nswt, nṯr, rꜥ) appear at the front of the word or phrase.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of honorific transposition
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