mtw

See also: MTW

Egyptian

Etymology

From ḥnꜥ +‎ ntf and similarly + nts, + ntk, + ntṯ, etc., with the final sound in each case reinterpreted as the corresponding suffix pronoun (thus -f in ḥnꜥ ntf as suffixal .f) and so treated separately.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛtuː/
- Conventional anglicization: metu

Particle

proclitic

(Late Egyptian, with attached suffix pronoun and following infinitive) forms the conjunctive

References

Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 103–105, 231–239