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khu en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kuː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian ꜣḫ, following an obsolete 19th-century reading of the word. Doublet of akh, which is based on a more accurate reading.

Meanings

1. (Egyptian) Synonym of akh (“a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife”)
   • The highest level of consciousness is with the Khu; this is what the Indians would call Atman. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 222:
   • Yes, the Khu was a light in your mind while you lived, but in death, it must return to heaven. 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:

Forms

Synonyms

akh