wꜥw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːʕiw/ → /ˈwiːʕiw/ → /ˈwiːʕəʔ/ → /ˈweːʕ(ə)/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːʕiw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːʕiw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːʕəʔ/; compare the Akkadian transcription 𒌑𒄿𒌑 (ú-i-ú)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈweːʕ(ə)/; compare the Akkadian transcriptions 𒌑𒂊𒄴 (ú-e-eḫ), 𒌑𒂊𒂊 (ú-e-e), 𒌑𒂊𒌑 (ú-e-ú)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑːuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: wau

Noun

 m

1. soldier

Inflection

Declension of wꜥw (masculine)

singular	wꜥw
dual	wꜥwwj
plural	wꜥww

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 121.