tꜣwj
Egyptian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈtaʀwVj/ → /ˈtaʀwVj/ → /ˈtaʔwəʔ/ → /taʔw/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tɑuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: tawi
Noun
m du
- dual of tꜣ (“land”)
Proper noun
m du
- (dual only) Upper and Lower Egypt, considered as a single entity: Egypt.
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 38
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