jwms
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
Univerbation of jw (sentence-initial particle) + ms (“surely”). The phrase jw ms was so often used to begin sentences intended to persuade that it became an idiom for an untruth or exaggeration.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /iuːmɛs/
- Conventional anglicization: iumes
Noun edit
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Inflection edit
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References edit
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 198, 456.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 3, 13