wjꜣ-n-ḥḥw
Egyptian
editEtymology
editwjꜣ (“sacred barque”) + n(j) (“of”) + ḥḥw (plural of ḥḥ (“million”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /wiɑ ɛn hɛhuː/
- Conventional anglicization: wia-en-hehu
Proper noun
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Alternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of wjꜣ-n-ḥḥw
Descendants
edit- → English: Boat of a Million Years, Boat of Millions of Years (calque)
References
edit- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 271.11