nnw

See also: NNW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːnaw/ → /ˈnaːnaw/ → /ˈnaːnə/ → /noːn/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːnaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːnaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːnə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /noːn/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: nenu

Noun

 m

1. inertness, rigor mortis

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nnw  

nnw

Noun

Nu, anthropomorphised, at right

 m

1. the hidden, lost, perpetually dark, infinite primeval waters
2. Nu, father of the gods, the divine anthropomorphisation of the primeval waters, a member of the Ogdoad.

Alternative forms

The reading of this term is extremely uncertain; various authors have proposed nnw, nww, nwnw, nwn, nw, and nw(j), among other interpretations.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nnw  

nnw	nnw	nnw	njw	nww
reading uncertain	reading uncertain	reading uncertain

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩⲛ (noun)

References

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