wnwt
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛnuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: wenut
Noun
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- (unequal) hour (one twelfth of the period of daylight or one twelfth of the period of night) [since the Pyramid Texts]
- moment, time
Inflection
Declension of wnwt (feminine)
| singular | wnwt |
|---|---|
| dual | wnwtj |
| plural | wnwwt |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wnwt
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| wnwt | wnwt |
Derived terms
- jmy wnwt (“astronomer”)
- m wnwt (“intermittently”)
- n wnwt (“in a moment”)
- šps wnwt bjnt (“to have a bad time”)
- wnwt-ḥwt-nṯr
Descendants
- Demotic: wnwt
- Coptic: ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ (ounou)
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 107.
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 83