tw.tw

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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In origin from tj (while) +‎ tw or .tw (impersonal pronoun), with tj from earlier (j)sṯ, from Old Egyptian (j)sk.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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twtw

impersonal proclitic (‘subject form’) pronoun

  1. used as the impersonal subject of any adverbial predicate; one, someone or something unspecified [New Kingdom]

Usage notes

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This form of pronoun is a proclitic that must stand at the beginning of a sentence (generally adverbial) and cannot come after any particles. It always indicates the subject of the sentence.

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, page 181.