wjꜣ-n-ḥḥw

Egyptian

Etymology

From wjꜣ (“sacred barque”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ ḥḥw (plural of ḥḥ (“million”)), literally “sacred barque of millions”.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wiɑ ɛn hɛhuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: wia-en-hehu

Proper noun

 m

1. the barque in which the sun sails through the sky

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wjꜣ-n-ḥḥw  

wjꜣ-n-ḥḥ

Descendants

• → English: Boat of a Million Years, Boat of Millions of Years (calque)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 271.11