mjwj

Egyptian

Etymology

mjw (“likeness”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /miuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: miwi

Adjective

1. analogous

Inflection

Declension of mjwj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	mjwj	mjwt
dual	mjwjwj, mjwwj	mjwtj
plural	mjwjw, mjww	mjwwt1, mjwt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 376.