ꜣmw
Egyptian
Etymology
ꜣm (“to burn”) + -w.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑmuː/
- Conventional anglicization: amu
Noun
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- (uncountable) burning, flame [since the Book of the Dead]
- Synonym: ꜣmwt
- (medicine, uncountable) name of a disease
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣmw
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Derived terms
- jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 10.4
- Hannig, Rainer (1997) Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache der Pharaonen (2800–950 v. Chr.) (Hannig-Lexica; 1), second edition, Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, →ISBN, page 8