English Dictionary

honorific transposition

noun

(linguistics, Egyptology) 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.

Honorific transposition is a linguistic phenomenon in which the order of words is changed to show respect or politeness.

意味（1）

(linguistics, Egyptology) 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.

nTr-Hm

which would appear to read *nṯr-ḥm. However, this phrase shows honorific transposition of the nṯr glyph.

nTr-Hm which would appear to read *nṯr-ḥm. However, this phrase shows honorific transposition of the nṯr glyph. Other examples of this same phenomenon include: