jmꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /imɑuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: imau

Etymology 1

Noun

 m

1. tent [since the Middle Kingdom]

   ― jrj jmꜣ(w) ― to pitch a tent

   ― ḥr jmꜣ(w) ― to set up camp

2. (figuratively) building, such as a hut, house, or office

Inflection

Declension of jmꜣw (masculine)

singular	jmꜣw
dual	jmꜣwwj
plural	jmꜣww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣw  

jꜣm	jmꜣw	jmw	jmꜣm	jmw
	[18th Dynasty]	[18th Dynasty]	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]
				in hieratic

Etymology 2

From jmꜣ (“to be friendly, charming, pleasing”) +‎ -w.

Noun

 m

1. radiance of the sun; solar splendor or brilliance [since the 18th Dynasty]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jmꜣw  

jmꜣw	jmꜣw	jmꜣw	jmꜣw	jmꜣw	jmꜣw	jmw	jm	jmt
							[Greco-Roman Period]	[Greco-Roman Period]

References

• “jꜣm.w (lemma ID 25010)” and “jꜣm.w (lemma ID 24990)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎^[1], Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[2], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 80.9, 81.1–81.7
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 20
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.