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See also: pW, .pw, and PW

English

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Noun

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pw (plural pws)

  1. (computing) Initialism of password.
    Synonyms: pwd, pword, pass

Prepositional phrase

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pw

  1. (New Zealand) Initialism of per week.
    Synonyms: /wk., /wk

Anagrams

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Auhelawa

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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pw (upper case Pw)

  1. A letter of the Auhelawa alphabet.

Egyptian

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Etymology

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From earlier pj.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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pw

 m sg proximal, later copular/vocative demonstrative determiner

  1. (Old Egyptian) this
  2. (Middle Egyptian, in nominal sentences, following the initial nominal or pronominal element) this is…; it is…
  3. (Middle Egyptian, formal) O (vocative reference)

Usage notes

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This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows the noun it describes.

When used in nominal sentences, pw does not vary by the gender or number of the referent; it is used with nouns and pronouns of any gender or number.

In Old Egyptian this form was occasionally used in place of the plural jpw (and at least once for the dual jpwj). Whether this should be interpreted as a mere summarily written variant of jpw or as a genuine use of the singular for the plural is unclear.

Inflection

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Old Egyptian demonstratives
determiners pronouns1 adverbs
singular dual plural unmarked
masculine feminine masculine feminine masculine feminine
proximal to speaker pn
tn
*jpnj
jptnj, jptntj
jpn
jptn
nn

distal pf
tf
*jpfj
*jptfj, *jptftj
jpf
jptf
nf

proximal to spoken of pj, pw, p
tj, tw
jpwj
jptwj, jptwtj
jpw
jptw, jptwt
nw

vocative pꜣ
tꜣ




nꜣ
ꜥꜣ

1 Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.

Middle Egyptian demonstratives
determiners and pronouns adverbs
singular plural1
masculine feminine
proximal pn
tn
nn
ꜥn
distal pf, pfꜣ
tf, tfꜣ
nf, nfꜣ
ꜥf
‘copula’ and vocative pw, pwy
tw, twy
nw

anaphoric pꜣ
tꜣ
nꜣ
ꜥꜣ

1 Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.

Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles
masculine feminine plural adverb
pronoun pꜣw
dj
determiners and pronouns pꜣj
tꜣj
nꜣj
possessive determiners1 pꜣy
tꜣy
nꜣy
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’) p-n, pꜣ
t-nt, tꜣ
nꜣyw, nꜣ
definite articles pꜣ
tꜣ
nꜣ2
indefinite articles wꜥ2
nhꜣy2

1 Used with suffix pronouns.
2 Originally joined by n(j) to nouns they modify; later without it.

Alternative forms

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There is also an alternative form that cannot stand alone as a pronoun: pwy.

Derived terms

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Pronoun

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pw

 interrogative stressed (‘independent’) pronoun

  1. alternative form of ptr

Alternative forms

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References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 54–56.
  • Edel, Elmar (1955-1964) Altägyptische Grammatik, volume 1, Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, § 182 et seq., page 83 et seq.
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pu̯eiH (to sleep, to lie down). Cognate with Iu Mien bueix.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pw

  1. to sleep
  2. to recline, to lie down

Derived terms

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References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 239.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.