mjwt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

From mjw (“cat”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /mVjaːwVt/ → /jVmaːjVt/ → /ʔəmaːʔə/ → /ʔəmoːʔ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /mVjaːwVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /jVmaːjVt/, with metathesis

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəmaːʔə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəmoːʔ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /miuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: miut

Noun

 f

1. (female) cat; molly

Inflection

Declension of mjwt (feminine)

singular	mjwt
dual	mjwtj
plural	mjwwt

Descendants

• Demotic: mj, jmj
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲉⲙⲟⲩ (emou)
  • Fayyumic Coptic: ⲉⲙⲟⲩ (emou)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲙⲟⲩ (emou), ⲁⲙⲟⲩ (amou)

Etymology 2

Romanization

mjwt

1. Alternative transliteration of mwt (“mother”).