ꜣmw

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣm (“to burn”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑmuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: amu

Noun

 m

1. (uncountable) burning, flame [since the Book of the Dead]

   Synonym: ꜣmwt

2. (medicine, uncountable) name of a disease

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣmw  

ꜣmm	ꜣmm
[Late Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

• jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], 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