mnw

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: menu

Etymology 1

Noun

 m pl

1. (plural only) trees [since the Middle Kingdom]
2. (plural only) orchard, plantation [since the Middle Kingdom]
3. (plural only) plants in general [Greco-Roman Period]

Usage notes

From the Late Period on, this plural was sometimes treated as a singular.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw  

mnw	mnw
	[Late Period]

Etymology 2

Uncertain, possibly a loanword from Semitic; compare Hebrew מָן‎ (mān). Alternatively, possibly connected to mnw (“trees, orchard, plantation”).

Noun

 m

1. a white aromatic plant smelling of ꜥntw (myrrh^?) [Greco-Roman Period]

Etymology 3

Noun

 m

1. monument

Inflection

Declension of mnw (masculine)

singular	mnw
dual	mnwwj
plural	mnww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw  

mnw

References

• Takács, Gábor (1999-2008) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284–285
• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 71.13–71.17
• Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 171, 257