twy
Egyptian
Etymology
Derived from tw.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tuːiː/
- Conventional anglicization: tuy
Determiner
f sg copular/vocative demonstrative determiner
- (Middle Egyptian) this is…
- (Middle Egyptian) O (vocative reference)
Usage notes
This demonstrative was always a determiner and could not stand alone as a pronoun. It follows the noun it describes.
Inflection
Old Egyptian demonstratives
determiners | pronouns1 | adverbs | ||||||
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number | singular | dual | plural | unmarked | ||||
gender | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | unmarked | |
proximal to speaker | pn | tn, jtn | jpnj | jptnj | jpn | jptn | nn | — |
distal | pf | tf | jpfj | jptfj | jpf | jptf | nf | — |
proximal to spoken of | pj, pw, py, p | tj, tw, jtw | jpwj | jptwj | jpw | jptw | nw | — |
vocative | pꜣ | tꜣ | — | — | — | — | nꜣ | ꜥꜣ |
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Middle Egyptian demonstratives
determiners and pronouns | adverbs | |||||
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number | singular | plural1 | ||||
gender | masculine | feminine | unmarked | |||
proximal | pn | tn | nn | ꜥn | ||
distal | pf, pfꜣ | tf, tfꜣ | nf, nfꜣ | ꜥf | ||
‘copula’; vocative | pw, pwy | tw, twy | nw | — | ||
anaphoric | pꜣ | tꜣ | nꜣ | ꜥꜣ | ||
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Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles
masculine | feminine | plural | adverb | |||
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pronoun | pꜣw | dj | ||||
determiners and pronouns | pꜣj | tꜣj | nꜣj | |||
possessive determiners (used with suffix pronouns) | pꜣy | tꜣy | nꜣy | |||
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’) | p-n, pꜣ | t-nt, tꜣ | nꜣyw, nꜣ | |||
definite articles | pꜣ | tꜣ | nꜣ1 | |||
indefinite articles | wꜥ1 | nhꜣy1 | ||||
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of twy
twy |
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 55.
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
Middle English
Adverb
twy
- Alternative form of twie
Yola
< 1 | 2 | 3 > |
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Cardinal : twy | ||
Alternative forms
- twi, twye, twee, twine, twyne
Etymology
From Middle English tweyne, from Old English twēġen, from Proto-West Germanic *twai-. Cognates include English two and Scots twa.
Numeral
twy
- two
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Twy histfullès.
- Two fistfulls.
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 46 & 73