jꜣmw
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑmuː/
- Conventional anglicization: iamu
Noun
m
- tent [since the Middle Kingdom]
- (figuratively) building
Inflection
Declension of jꜣmw (masculine)
singular | jꜣmw |
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dual | jꜣmwwj |
plural | jꜣmww |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣmw
jꜣm | jꜣm | jmw | |||||||||||||||
[New Kingdom] | [New Kingdom] | ||||||||||||||||
in papyri |
Derived terms
- ḥr jꜣmw
- jrj jꜣmw
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 81.1–81.7