wnḫwj

Egyptian

Etymology

wnḫ (“to clothe, *cloth”) +‎ -wj (masculine dual ending).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛnɛxuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: wenekhwi

Noun

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1. (only in the dual) two strips of cloth given as an offering for the dead [Old Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wnḫwj  

wnḫwj

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 324.3
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) “wnḫw”, in A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 63