tꜣwj

Egyptian

Etymology

tꜣ (“land”) +‎ wj (dual suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʀwVj/ → /ˈtaʀwVj/ → /ˈtaːwə/ → /toːw/

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

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʀwVj/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːwə/; compare the Akkadian transcription 𒋫𒀀𒉿 (ta-a-wa)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /toːw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /tɑuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: tawi

Noun

 m du

1. dual of tꜣ (“land”)

Proper noun

 m du

1. (dual only) Upper and Lower Egypt, considered as a single entity: Egypt.
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) :

     tꜣwj dmḏ ḥr rdjt n.f jꜣw m ḫsfw ḥm.f

     The assembled Two Lands (Egypt) are giving him praise at the approach of his majesty.

   • c. 1479–1425 BCE, The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III: Part I, Cairo Museum 34010:

     ḏd-mdw jn jmn-rꜥ nb-nswt-tꜣwj

     A recitation by Amun-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands.

Derived terms

• nb-nswt-tꜣwj
• nb-tꜣwj
• ḥnwt-tꜣwj
• ḥr-zmꜣ-tꜣwj
• sḫm-tꜣwj

 

Descendants

• → Akkadian: -𒋫𒀀𒉿 (-ta-a-wa)
• → Ancient Greek: -τους (-tous)