wnḫwj
Egyptian
Etymology
wnḫ (“to clothe, *cloth”) + -wj (masculine dual ending).
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛnɛxuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: wenekhwi
Noun
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- (only in the dual) two strips of cloth given as an offering for the dead [Old Kingdom]
Alternative forms
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References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 324.3
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962), “wnḫw”, in A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 63