sjsw

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: sjsw     Ordinal: sjsnw     Adverbial: sjsw zpw     Distributive: sjsw sjsw     Fractional: r sjsw

Etymology

Compare with Proto-Semitic *šidṯ-.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /saɾˈsaw/ → /sajˈsaw/ → /səʔˈsaw/ → /ʔəsˈsaw/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /saɾˈsaw/; the first vowel has alternatively been reconstructed as /i/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /sajˈsaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /səʔˈsaw/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəsˈsaw/, with metathesis

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sisuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sisu

Numeral

1. six

Inflection

Declension of sjsw

	masculine	feminine
singular	sjsw	sjst

Derived terms

• sjs (“a type of linen”)

Descendants

• Coptic:
  • ⲥⲟⲟⲩ (soou) — Bohairic, Sahidic
  • ⲥⲁⲩ (sau) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN