wpwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwapwut/ → /ˈwapwuʔ/ → /ˈwapwə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwapwut/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwapwuʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwapwə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛpuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: weput

Noun

 f

1. message
2. task, mission

Inflection

Declension of wpwt (feminine)

singular	wpwt
dual	wpwtj
plural	wpwwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wpwt  

wpt	wpwt

Derived terms

• wpwtj

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 458.