jꜣtjw
Egyptian
Etymology 1
jꜣṯ (“to injure, mutilate”) + -w. The expected form *jꜣṯw is unattested.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑtiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: iatiu
Noun
|
m
- mutilation [Middle Kingdom literature]
Inflection
Declension of jꜣtjw (masculine)
| singular | jꜣtjw |
|---|---|
| dual | jꜣtjwwj |
| plural | jꜣtjww |
Etymology 2
jꜣt (“mound”) + -j (nisba ending) + -w (plural ending).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iɑtiuː/
- Conventional anglicization: iatiu
Noun
|
m pl
- (plural only) mound-dwellers
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 35.3
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 9
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 317.