"honorific transposition" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: honorific transpositions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} honorific transposition (countable and uncountable, plural honorific transpositions)
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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