ꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (noun meaning ‘length’): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ʀaw/ → /ʀaw/ → /ʔaw/ → /ʔaw/

Noun

 m

  1. extent, length, expanse (of space) [since the Middle Kingdom]
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 24–28:











      hꜣ.kw r wꜣḏ-wr m dpt nt št-mḏwtj mḥ m ꜣw.s ḥmw mḥ m sḫw.s št-mḏwtj sqd jm.s m stp n(j) kmt
      I had gone down to the sea in a boat of a hundred twenty cubits in length and forty cubits in breadth, with a hundred twenty sailors in it of the choice of Egypt.
  2. (rare) length, duration (of time)

Usage notes

Many of the later writings of this word (particularly its temporal uses) may instead represent ꜣwt (“length, generally of time”), as the t fell silent by Late Egyptian; indeed, authors working with Late Egyptian commonly treat the two words as the same.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣw  



ꜣw ꜣw ꜣw ꜣw ꜣw ꜣw

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Demotic: ꜥw

Noun

 m

  1. death [Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, and Greco-Roman Period]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣw  
ꜣw ꜣw
[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

Noun

 m

  1. alternative form of jw (“wrongdoing, evil”)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣw  
ꜣw ꜣw
[Late Egyptian] [Late Egyptian]

References

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