mꜣwt

Egyptian

Etymology

mꜣwj (“to be new”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʀwVt/ → /ˈmaʀwVʔ/ → /ˈmaːwa/ → /ˈmoːwə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʀwVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʀwVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːwa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmoːwə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: maut

Noun

 f

1. a new thing, something new

Inflection

Declension of mꜣwt (feminine)

singular	mꜣwt
dual	mꜣwtj
plural	mꜣwwt

Derived terms

• m mꜣwt

Descendants

• Demotic: mꜣy
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲓ (moui)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲉ (moue)

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 70