jnw
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From jnj (“to bring, to get”) + -w.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /inuː/
- Conventional anglicization: inu
Noun[edit]
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- cargo, delivery; produce, gifts, or supplies brought
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 174–175:
- ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) ꜥq.kw ḥr jtj mz.n.j n.f jnw pn jn.n.j m ẖnw n(j) jw pn
- Then I entered before the sovereign and presented him with those gifts (literally, “this getting”) that I had gotten within that island.
Inflection[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnw
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References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 230.