mw
Egyptian
Etymology
From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *maʾ-, cognate to Proto-Semitic *maʾ-.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /maw/ → /maw/ → /maw/[1]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /muː/
- Conventional anglicization: mu
Inflection
Declension of mw (masculine a-stem)
| singular | mw |
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| dual | mwwj |
| plural | mww |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mw
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| myw | mwj | mw | mw | mw | myw | mwjw | mꜥꜣy |
Derived terms
(mwj, “to be watery”)
Descendants
References
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12, 44
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