Khuとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /kuː/
• 韻: -uː
• 異形同音異義語: coup, coo

名詞

khu (plural khus)

1. (Egyptian mythology) Synonym of akh (“a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife”)
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 222:

     The highest level of consciousness is with the Khu; this is what the Indians would call Atman.

   • 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:

     Yes, the Khu was a light in your mind while you lived, but in death, it must return to heaven.

アナグラム

• HKU, Huk, kuh