snwj

snwj

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: snwj     Ordinal: snnw     Adverbial: zpwj snwj     Distributive: snwj snwj

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /siˈnuwwaj/ → /siˈnuwwaj/ → /səˈnuwwəʔ/ → /səˈnøww/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /siˈnuwwaj/[1]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /siˈnuwwaj/
• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /səˈnuwwəʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /səˈnøww/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: senwi

Numeral

1. two

Inflection

Declension of snwj

	masculine	feminine
singular	—	—
dual	snwj	sntj
plural	—	—

snwj is in fact an adjective and inflects as one, but with dual forms only.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of snwj  

snwj	snwj

Derived terms

• ḥr snnw sy (“again”)

 

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47, 71