ṯwfj
Appearance
Egyptian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (reconstructed Late Egyptian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃawf/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /t͡ʃuːfi/
- Conventional anglicization: tjufi
Noun
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- (Late Egyptian, uncountable) papyrus plant(s)
- (Late Egyptian, uncountable) area where papyrus grows; papyrus marsh
Alternative forms
[edit]The variants with a
sign are only used when the meaning is a papyrus marsh rather than a papyrus plant.
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 359.6–359.10
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 24
- Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, volume 2, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 227