štw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

 m

1. turtle, tortoise [since the Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of štw (masculine)

singular	štw
dual	štwwj
plural	štww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of štw  

štjw	šṯw	štw
[18th Dynasty]	[19th Dynasty]
		abbreviation

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ϫⲓⲧ (čit)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲓⲧⲥ (šits), ϭⲓⲧⲥ (cits)

Proper noun

 m

1. an evil being that serves as an enemy of Ra

Alternative forms

See under the noun above.

See also

• 𓆉

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 556, 557.1–557.5, 559
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 273