jnw

Egyptian

Etymology

From jnj (“to bring, to get”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /inuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: inu

Noun

 m

1. cargo, delivery; produce, gifts, or supplies brought
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 174–175:

     ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) ꜥq.kw ḥr jtj mz.n.j n.f jnw pn jn.n.j m ẖnw n(j) jw pn

     Then I entered before the sovereign and presented him with those gifts (literally, “this getting”) that I had gotten within that island.

Inflection

Declension of jnw (masculine)

singular	jnw
dual	jnwwj
plural	jnww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnw  

jnw

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 230.