mtw
See also: MTW
Egyptian edit
Etymology edit
From ḥnꜥ + ntf and similarly + nts, + ntk, + ntṯ, etc., with the final sound in each case reinterpreted as the corresponding suffix pronoun (thus -f in ḥnꜥ ntf as suffixal .f) and so treated separately.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛtuː/
- Conventional anglicization: metu
Particle edit
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proclitic
- (Late Egyptian, with attached suffix pronoun and following infinitive) forms the conjunctive
References edit
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 103–105, 231–239