jw.s pw
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
jw (imperfective relative form of jwj (“to come”)) + .s (“she, it”) + pw (“this is...”), literally ‘it is that it comes’.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iuːʔɛs puː/
- Conventional anglicization: iu.es pu
Phrase edit
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- (Late Egyptian) formulaic statement made in the colophon or conclusion of a literary text; that’s how it goes, the end
Usage notes edit
This formula is often extended to jw.s pw nfr (“so it comes to a good conclusion”) or further to jw.s pw nfr m ḥtp (“so it successfully comes to a good conclusion”).
Alternative forms edit
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jw.s pw
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Synonyms edit
References edit
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 45.4
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 376.