wꜥtj

Egyptian

Etymology

wꜥ (“one, alone”) +‎ -t (feminine ending) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /wVʕˈtij/ → /wVʕˈtij/ → /wəʕˈteʔ/ → /wəʕˈteʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /wVʕˈtij/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /wVʕˈtij/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /wəʕˈteʔ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /wəʕˈteʔ/

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

Adjective

1. sole, single, only

Inflection

Declension of wꜥtj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	wꜥtj	wꜥtt
dual	wꜥtjwj, wꜥtwj	wꜥttj
plural	wꜥtjw, wꜥtw	wꜥtwt1, wꜥtt2

¹ Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun.
² 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.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜥtj  

wꜥtj	wꜥt	wꜥt	wꜥtj
		[Middle Kingdom]	[18th Dynasty]

Derived terms

• smr-wꜥtj
• ẖkrt-nswt-wꜥtt

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 278.9–279.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 56