View source for ḫw.f-wj

==Egyptian==
{{wikipedia|Khufu}}

===Etymology===
{{af|egy|ḫwj|alt1=ḫw|t1=shall protect|pos1=subjunctive mood of {{m|egy|ḫwj||to protect}}|.f|t2=he|wj|t3=me}}, thus literally ’He shall protect me’; the longer version of the name, {{m|egy|ẖnmw-ḫw.f-wj}}, reveals that ‘he’ is the god [[Khnum]].

===Pronunciation===
{{egy-IPA-R|o=χawˈjafwij|m=χawˈjafwij|ml=χəˈwafwə|l=χəˈwaf(w)|ref=<ref>{{R:egy:Loprieno|82}}</ref><ref>Gundacker, Roman (2015) “The Chronology of the Third and Fourth Dynasties according to Manetho’s Aegyptiaca” in ''Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom'', page 114–115, provides the final vowel but disagrees with Loprieno in some details of the word’s subsequent development: where Loprieno considers the semivowels preceding the tonic {{IPAfont|/a/}} to have ultimately reduced to glottal stops, Gundacker posits that {{IPAfont|/j/}} assimilated to the preceding {{IPAfont|/w/}}, which was preserved.</ref>}}
{{egy-IPA-E|ḫw.f-wj|ḫwfw}}

===Proper noun===
{{egy-proper noun|m|head=<hiero>x-w-f-w</hiero>}}

# {{fivefold titulary|throne|{{w|Khufu}}|Fourth}}

====Alternative forms====
{{egy-hieroforms
|<hiero>x:f-W</hiero>|read1=ḫ.f-w
|<hiero>x:f-w</hiero>|read2=ḫ.f-w|note2=Abydos King List
|<hiero>x:f-w:f</hiero>|read3=ḫ.f-wf|note3=Saqqara King List
|<hiero>x:D43-f-w</hiero>|read4=ḫw.f-w
|<hiero>x-w-f</hiero>|read5=ḫw.f}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|egy|ꜣḫt-ḫw.f-wj}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|Khufu|bor=1}}
* {{desc|bor=1|grc|Χέοψ|Σοῦφις|Σώϋφις|Σαῶφις|Σοφέ}}<ref>Gundacker, Roman (2015) “The Chronology of the Third and Fourth Dynasties according to Manetho’s Aegyptiaca” in ''Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom'', page 114–115</ref>
** {{desc|la|Cheops|bor=1}}
*** {{desc|en|Cheops|bor=1}}
*** {{desc|it|Cheope|bor=1}}

===References===
* {{R:egy:TLA|Ḫwi̯⸗f-wj|400277}}
* {{R:egy:Leprohon|35}}
* {{R:egy:Beckerath|52, 178}}
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