ꜣwt

From ꜣwj (“to be long, to extend (a hand), to give an offering”).

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: aut

 f

1. length, duration (of time)

By Late Egyptian this word apparently becomes conflated with ꜣw (“length (of space)”).

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣwt	ꜣwt	ꜣwt	ꜣw	ꜣw

• m ꜣwt ḏt

 f

1. offering, gift, donation (particularly of bread)

In Late Egyptian this word is generally reduced to ꜣw, and since the 22nd Dynasty it appears frequently as an object of sfsf (“to present, to offer”), sometimes with the recipient added after n (“to, for”).

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣwt	ꜣwt	ꜣwt	ꜣw	jꜣw

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣw	ꜣw	ꜣw	ꜣw	ꜣw

 f

1. altar

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣw

?

1. a hidden chamber in a temple containing cult images

While this word is sometimes transcribed with a final -j/-y as if it were a nisba, this ending is unattested in the original script.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣwt  

ꜣwt	ꜣwt
	With the wrong determinative? Or a separate word meaning ‘wall’?

 f

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. long knife

• Wilson, Penelope (1991) A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu, Liverpool: University of Liverpool, pages 3–6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 1–2
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 4.15–4.16, 5.2–5.3, 5.13–5.14