mjtw
Appearance
Egyptian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]mjt (“similarity”) + -w, ultimately from mj (“like”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mituː/
- Conventional anglicization: mitu
Noun
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- one like; equal; likeness
- c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Ptahhotep (pPrisse/pBN 186–194) lines 6.1–6.2 (74–77):
- jr gm.k ḏꜣjsw m ꜣt.f m ḥwrw nj js mjtw.k m ꜣd(w) jb.k r.f ḫft ẖzz.f jmj sw r tꜣ ḫsf.f n.f ḏs.f
- If you find a disputant in the act who is an inferior and not your equal, don’t let yourself rage at him in accordance with his being wretched; set him aside (literally, “to the earth”) and he himself will punish himself.
Inflection
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[edit]Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mjtw
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mjtw | mjt |
References
[edit]- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 90–91.