ḥwt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈħaːwit/ → /ˈħaːjiʔ/ → /ˈħaːʔə/ → /ˈħoːʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħaːwit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħaːjiʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħaːʔə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈħoːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /huːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: hut

Noun

 f

1. large structure
2. mansion
3. palace
4. temple
5. estate

Inflection

Declension of ḥwt (feminine)

singular	ḥwt
dual	ḥwtj
plural	ḥwwt

Derived terms

• nbt-ḥwt
• ḥwt-ꜥꜣt
• ḥwt-wꜥrt
• ḥwt-nṯr
• ḥwt-ḥr
• ḥwt-ḥr-ḥrw
• ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
• ḥqꜣ-ḥwt

 

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: -ὡς (-hōs)
• Coptic: ϩⲱ (hō) (Bohairic, Sahidic, Dialect K, Old Coptic)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /huːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: hut

Noun

 f

1. rain

Inflection

Declension of ḥwt (feminine)

singular	ḥwt
dual	ḥwtj
plural	ḥwwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḥwt  

ḥwyt

Descendants

• Coptic: ϩⲱⲟⲩ (hōou) (Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Sahidic)

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, pages 77, 98