-tj

See also: tj, TJ, .tj, and tj.

Egyptian

Etymology 1

-t (“feminine ending”) + -j (“dual ending”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /tVj/ → /tVj/ → /t(ə)/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /tVj/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /tVj/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /t(ə)/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ti/
  • Conventional anglicization: -ti

Suffix

1. Used to form the feminine dual forms of nouns and adjectives

Usage notes

The dual is sometimes represented by writing the phonetic or determinative glyph two times.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of -tj  

-t	-tj	-tj

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ti/
  • Conventional anglicization: -ti

Suffix

1. Used to form the (stem of the) prospective participle.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of -tj  

-t	-tj	-t	-tj	-wtj
		in the plural	in the plural	Old Egyptian form for final-weak verbs, causatives, and verbs with more than 3 radicals

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 332.
• Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 60