jjwj

Egyptian

Etymology

Dual form of the perfective active participle of jj (“to come”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iʔiuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: iiwi

Interjection

welcome (greeting upon someone’s arrival)

Usage notes

Syntactically this word functions as an adjectival predicate. It is often followed by m ḥtp (“in peace”), sometimes with an intervening pronoun referring to the person being welcomed or dative referring to the person doing the welcoming.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jjwj

jjw

jjwj

Synonyms

jj.tj

References

Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 337
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 38.1–38.4

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