njw
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /niuː/
- Conventional anglicization: niu
Noun
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- ostrich
- ostrich egg (used medicinally)
- ostrich feather
Inflection
Declension of njw (masculine)
singular | njw |
---|---|
dual | njwwj |
plural | njww |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njw
njw |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 202.8–202.11
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 125