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Egyptian
Pronunciation
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( modern Egyptological ) IPA (key ) : /t͡ʃuːfi/
Conventional anglicization: tjufi
Noun
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( Late Egyptian , uncountable ) papyrus plant(s)
( Late Egyptian , uncountable ) area where papyrus grows ; papyrus marsh
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ṯwfj
The variants with a
sign are only used when the meaning is a papyrus marsh rather than a papyrus plant.
Descendants
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