nwtj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nuːti/
  • Conventional anglicization: nuti

Etymology 1

nwt (“town”) +‎ -j (“nisba adjective ending”).

Adjective

1. local, municipal

Inflection

Declension of nwtj (nisba adjective)

	masculine	feminine
singular	nwtj	nwtt
dual	nwtjwj, nwtwj	nwttj
plural	nwtjw, nwtw	nwtwt1, nwtt2
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nwtj  

nwtj	nwtj	nwtj	nwtj
	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]

Etymology 2

nwt (“town”) +‎ -j (“dual ending”).

Noun

 f du

1. dual of nwt

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 61.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN