-nw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: -nu

Suffix

1. Added to the roots of cardinal numbers to form the ordinal numbers second through ninth.

Inflection

Declension of -nw

	masculine	feminine
singular	nw	nwt
dual	—	—
plural	—	—

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 103.