mtwt

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps from mt (“anatomical vessel or duct”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmit.wat/ → /ˈmitwaʔ/ → /ˈmetwa/ → /ˈmetwə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmit.wat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmitwaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmetwa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈmetwə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛtuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: metut

Noun

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1. semen
2. (figuratively) offspring, progeny, son
3. (figuratively) floodwater as a source of fertility for the fields [Greco-Roman Period]
4. venom, especially of snakes or scorpions

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mtwt  

mtwt	mtwt	mtwt

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲑⲟⲩⲓ (mathoui)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲩ (matou), ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲩⲉ (matoue), ⲙⲁⲧⲉ (mate)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲧⲃⲓ (metbi)
• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲧⲟⲩ (metou)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 169.1–169.8
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 121