wꜥꜥw

Egyptian

Etymology

From wꜥj (“to be alone”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɑːʔɑːuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: waau

Noun

 m

1. solitude, privacy [since the Middle Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wꜥꜥw  

wꜥꜥ

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 277.15–278.3
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 57