jꜣmw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iɑmuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iamu

Noun

 m

1. tent [since the Middle Kingdom]
2. (figuratively) building

Inflection

Declension of jꜣmw (masculine)

singular	jꜣmw
dual	jꜣmwwj
plural	jꜣmww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jꜣmw  

jꜣm	jꜣm	jmw
	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]
		in hieratic

Derived terms

• ḥr jꜣmw
• jrj jꜣmw

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 149.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 81.1–81.7