tꜣwj

tꜣwj

Egyptian

Etymology

tꜣ +‎ -wj

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʀwVj/ → /ˈtaʀwVj/ → /ˈtaʔwəʔ/ → /taʔw/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʀwVj/[1]
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʀwVj/

where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔwəʔ/; compare the Akkadian transcription 𒋫𒀀𒉿 (ta-a-wa)
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /taʔw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɑuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: tawi

Noun

 m du

1. dual of tꜣ (“land”)

Proper noun

 m du

1. (dual only) Upper and Lower Egypt, considered as a single entity: Egypt.

Derived terms

• nb-tꜣwj
• nb nswt tꜣwj
• ḥnwt-tꜣwj

References

1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 38