.tw
Translingual
Etymology
. + ISO 3166-1 country code for Republic of China, tw.
Abbreviation
.tw
- The ccTLD for Republic of China (Taiwan) as assigned by the IANA.
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʔtuː/
- Conventional anglicization: .tu
Pronoun
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impersonal suffix pronoun
- used as the impersonal subject of an adverbial predicate or verb form; one, someone or something unspecified [Middle Egyptian]
- used as a substitute for noun phrases referring to the king [since the New Kingdom]
Usage notes
In the sense referring to the king, this pronoun is conventionally translated as capitalized “One”.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Related terms
Suffix
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- forms the passive of most verb forms
Alternative forms
See under the pronoun above.
References
- Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 181, 232
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