wpwtj
Egyptian
Etymology
Nominalized from wpwt (“message, task”) + -j (nisba ending).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /wapˈwuːtij/ → /wapˈwuːtij/ → /wəpˈweːt/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛpuːti/
- Conventional anglicization: weputi
Noun
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- one entrusted with a message or task, messenger, envoy, emissary
- (by extension) a spirit that brings death
Inflection
Declension of wpwtj (masculine)
| singular | wpwtj |
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| dual | wpwtjwj |
| plural | wpwtjw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wpwtj
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Descendants
- Demotic: wpṱ
- → Meroitic: apov
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 304
- Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 25, 99
- Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001) The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, volume W (09.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 77
- Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 272
- ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37, 57
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