nwyt

nwyt

Egyptian

Etymology

From nwy (“water”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nuːiːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: nuyt

Noun

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1. wave or swell of water
   • c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 34–36:

     fꜣ.t(w) ṯꜣw jr.f wḥmyt nwyt jm.f nt ḫmnw mḥ

     The wind was lifted again and again (literally, “lifted, it making repetition”), with a wave in it of eight cubits.

Inflection

Declension of nwyt (feminine)

singular	nwyt
dual	nwytj
plural	nwywt

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 113