njw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /niuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: niu

Noun

 m

1. ostrich
2. ostrich egg (used medicinally)
3. ostrich feather

Inflection

Declension of njw (masculine)

singular	njw
dual	njwwj
plural	njww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of njw  

njw

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 202.8–202.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 125