tjtj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 4ae inf.

1. (transitive) to trample on (a foe) [since the Middle Kingdom]

   Synonym: ptpt

2. (intransitive) to fight
3. to enter (+ m)

Inflection

Conjugation of tjtj (fourth weak / 4ae inf. / IV. inf.) — base stem: tjt, geminated stem: tjtt

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural tjt tjtw, tjtyw, tjt tjtt, tjtwt, tjtyt tjt tjt, tjty ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 tjt8 ḥr tjt m tjt r tjt suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect tjt.n tjtw, tjt, tjty consecutive tjt.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative tjtt perfective3 tjt active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 tjt.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective tjt, tjty active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 tjtw, tjt, tjty tjtt potentialis1 tjt.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive tjt, tjty active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect tjt.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective tjtw1, tjty, tjt active + .tj1, .tw2 tjt tjty, tjt imperfective tjtt, tjtty, tjttw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 tjtt, tjttj6, tjtty6 tjtt, tjttw5 prospective tjtw1, tjty, tjt, tjttj7 — tjtwtj1 4, tjttj4, tjtt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine. 8 Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tjtj  

tjtj	djdj	tjtj

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ϯϯ (titi)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 244
• Dickson, Paul (2006) Dictionary of Middle Egyptian in Gardiner Classification Order‎^[2]