mḏwtj

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

	200
←  10	𓎇 20	30  →
	2
Cardinal: mḏwtj, ḏwtj     Ordinal: mḥ-mḏwtj, mḥ-ḏwtj

Etymology

mḏw (“ten”) +‎ -tj (feminine dual ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /(mu)cʼaˈwaːtaj/ → /(mu)t͡ʃʼaˈwaːtaj/ → /(mə)t͡ʃʼəˈwaːtə/ → /(mə)t͡ʃʼəˈwoːt/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /(mu)cʼaˈwaːtaj/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /(mu)t͡ʃʼaˈwaːtaj/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /(mə)t͡ʃʼəˈwaːtə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /(mə)t͡ʃʼəˈwoːt/; the date when the first syllable was lost cannot be determined.

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛd͡ʒuːti/
  • Conventional anglicization: medjuti

Numeral

1. twenty

Inflection

Declension of mḏwtj

	masculine	feminine
singular	mḏwtj	mḏwtt

Descendants

• Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲟⲩⲧ (čout), ϫⲱⲧ (čōt)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ (čouōt)

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 102.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN