ꜣqw
Egyptian
Etymology
ꜣq (“to perish, to fall to ruin, to wane”) + -w.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑkuː/
- Conventional anglicization: aqu
Noun
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- ruin, devastation, destruction
- misfortune
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣqw
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ꜣq | ꜣq | ꜣqꜣ | |||||||||||
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References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 21.21
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 6