twt

See also: -twt, TWT, tw*t, and ṯwt

Translingual

Symbol

twt

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Turiwára.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Turiwára terms

English

Proper noun

twt (Internet slang)

1. Abbreviation of Twitter.

Noun

twt (plural twts) (Internet slang)

1. (countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of Twitter.
2. (countable) Abbreviation of tweet.

   Coordinate term: rtwt

Verb

twt (third-person singular simple present twts, present participle twting, simple past and past participle twted) (Internet slang)

1. Abbreviation of tweet.

   Coordinate term: rtwt

See also

• -twt
• twttr

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): (noun) /taˈwaːtij/ → /taˈwaːtij/ → /təˈwaːtə/ → /təˈwoːt/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2350 BCE) IPA^(key): (noun) /taˈwaːtij/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): (noun) /taˈwaːtij/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): (noun) /təˈwaːtə/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): (noun) /təˈwoːt/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: tut

Noun

 m

1. likeness, image
2. statue, especially of a man or a god
3. drawn or painted picture
4. (rare) form, shape

Inflection

Declension of twt (masculine)

singular	twt
dual	twtwj
plural	twtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of twt  

twt

Derived terms

• jm-n-twt
• twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn
• twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn-ḥqꜣ-jwnw-šmꜥw
• twt-ꜥnḫ-jtn

Descendants

• Demotic Egyptian: twtw
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲟⲩⲱⲧ (thouōt)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲟⲩⲱⲧ (touōt)

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive, with n, r, or rarely ḥr) to resemble, to be like or look like
2. (intransitive, with n, r, or rarely ḥr) to nearly equal or match up to, to approach (in the figurative sense)
3. (intransitive, with n) to befit, to be fitting or proper to
4. (transitive, rare) to resemble

Inflection

Conjugation of twt (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: twt, geminated stem: twtt

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural twt twtw, twt twtt twt twt ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 twt ḥr twt m twt r twt suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect twt.n twtw, twt consecutive twt.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative twtt perfective3 twt active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 twt.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective twt active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 twt twtt potentialis1 twt.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive twt active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect twt.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective twt active + .tj1, .tw2 twt twt, twtw5, twty5 imperfective twt, twty, twtw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 twt, twtj6, twty6 twt, twtw5 prospective twt, twttj7 — twttj4, twtt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of twt  

twt	tt

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 255.8–257.18
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 295–296
• James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 52, 220, 472.
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 200

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊt/
• Rhymes: -ʊt

Adjective

twt (feminine singular twt, plural twt, comparative twtach, equative twted, superlative twtaf)

1. neat, tidy, dapper

   Synonyms: cymen, taclus

   Mae gen i dŷ bach twt.

   I have a neat little house.

Derived terms

• twtio (“to tidy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of twt

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
twt	dwt	nhwt	thwt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “twt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies