nwy

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

n&U19&nwiimw

 m

  1. (uncountable) water
    • c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 83–86:
      aHaa
      n      		 D&d n
      f      		 n&A1 nm&a inin
      t W      		 zp y
      n      		 D&z nDsA1
      nm&a inin
      t      		 wriw
      N23 Z1      		 p
      n
      n      		 M14wrr
      N36      		 n
      t y      		 Aa16Z1f
      y      		 mn&U19&nwiimw
      ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n.f n.j (j)n-mj jn tw zpwj snwj nḏs (j)n-mj jn tw r jw pn n(j) wꜣḏ-wr ntj gs(wj).fj m nwy
      Then he said to me,
      ―Who brought you, who brought you, little man? Who brought you to this island of the sea, both of whose sides are in the water?

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References

  • Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

nwy m (plural nwyon)

  1. (physics) gas (state of matter)

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Numeral

nwy

  1. Nasal mutation of dwy.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
dwy ddwy nwy unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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