ṯwfj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃawf/
• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuːfi/
  • Conventional anglicization: tjufi

Noun

 m

1. (Late Egyptian, uncountable) papyrus plant(s)
2. (Late Egyptian, uncountable) area where papyrus grows; papyrus marsh

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯwfj  

ṯwf	ṯwfj	ṯwf	ṯwfj	ṯwfj

The variants with a sign are only used when the meaning is a papyrus marsh rather than a papyrus plant.

Descendants

• Demotic: ḏwf
  • Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲟⲟⲩϥ (čoouf)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ϭⲟⲛϥ (conf), ϭⲟⲙϥ (comf)
• → Hebrew: סוּף

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 359.6–359.10
• Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 24
• Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 2, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 227