wpwtj
Egyptian
Etymology
Nominalized from wpwt (“message, task”) + -j (nisba ending).
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /wapˈwuːtij/ → /wapˈwuːtij/ → /wəpˈweːt/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wɛpuːti/
- Conventional anglicization: weputi
Noun
m
- one entrusted with a message or task, messenger, envoy, emissary
- (by extension) a spirit that brings death
Inflection
Declension of wpwtj (masculine)
singular | wpwtj |
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dual | wpwtjwj |
plural | wpwtjw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wpwtj
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wptj | wptj |
Descendants
- Demotic: wpṱ
- → Meroitic: apov
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 304
- Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 25, 99
- Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001) The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, volume W (09.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 77
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 272.
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37, 57