ꜥqw

Egyptian

Etymology

Derived from ꜥq (“to enter”).

Pronunciation

 

• (noun meaning ‘food provisions’): (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈʕaqʼwuw/ → /ˈʕaqʼjuw/ → /ˈʕajqʼə/ → /ˈʕajqʼ/

• (noun meaning ‘food provisions’): (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʕaqʼwuw/
• (noun meaning ‘food provisions’): (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʕaqʼjuw/
• (noun meaning ‘food provisions’): (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʕajqʼə/
• (noun meaning ‘food provisions’): (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈʕajqʼ/

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

Noun

 m

1. (collective) monthly provisions of food, given both as salary and as rations

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥqw  

ꜥqw	ꜥqw	ꜥqw

Descendants

• Demotic: ꜥq
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲱⲓⲕ (ōik)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik), ⲁⲓⲕ (aik)
  • Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲁⲉⲓⲕ (aeik)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲉⲓⲕ (oeik)

Noun

 m pl

1. (plural only) close friends, confidants

References

• Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 231
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 120
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 271, 383.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 128