pw

See also: pW, .pw, and PW

English

Abbreviation

pw
  1. password
  2. (New Zealand) per week
    • Up to $247pw those staying with friends/family/marae [1]

Synonyms

  • (password): pwd, pword, pass
  • (per week): /wk., /wk

References

Anagrams

Egyptian

Etymology

From earlier pj.

Pronunciation

Determiner

pw

 m sg proximal, later copular/vocative demonstrative determiner

  1. this [Old Egyptian]
  2. (in nominal sentences, following the initial nominal or pronominal element) this is…; it is… [Middle Egyptian]
  3. (formal) O (vocative reference) [Middle Egyptian]

Usage notes

This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows the noun it describes.

When used in nominal sentences, pw does not vary by the gender or number of the referent; it is used with nouns and pronouns of any gender or number.

Inflection

Middle Egyptian demonstratives
determiners and pronouns adverbs
number singular plural1
gender masculine feminine unmarked
proximal pn
 tn
 nn
 ꜥn
distal pf, pfꜣ
 tf, tfꜣ
 nf, nfꜣ
 ꜥf
‘copula’; vocative pw, pwy
 tw, twy
 nw
 —
anaphoric pꜣ
 tꜣ
 nꜣ
 ꜥꜣ
  1. Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.

Alternative forms

There is also an alternative form that cannot stand alone as a pronoun: pwy.

Derived terms

Pronoun

pw

 interrogative stressed (‘independent’) pronoun

  1. Alternative form of ptr

Alternative forms

References

  • Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
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