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

Noun

m

Inflection

Declension of mw (masculine a-stem)

singular	mw
dual	mwwj
plural	mww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mw

N36

D37

N35B

D37

N35B

G19

G19

N35B

myw

mwj

mw

mw

mw

myw

mwjw

mꜥꜣy

Derived terms

(mwj, “to be watery”)

Descendants

Demotic: mw
- Coptic: ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) (Sahidic), ⲙⲱⲟⲩ (mōou) (Bohairic), ⲙⲁⲩ (mau) (Fayyumic), ⲙⲁⲟⲩ (maou) (Akhmimic)

→ Egyptian Arabic: امبو‎ (ʾumbū)

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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