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Translingual
Etymology
. + ISO 3166-1 country code for Kuwait, KW.
Symbol
.kw
- The ccTLD for Kuwait as assigned by the IANA.
Egyptian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
sg 1. stative ending
- (Middle Egyptian, Late Egyptian, attached to a stative verb form) I, me
Inflection
Old Egyptian personal pronouns
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number
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first person
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second person
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third person
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masculine
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feminine
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masculine
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feminine
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suffix pronouns
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singular
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∅, .j
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.k, .kj1
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.ṯ, .ṯn
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.f, .fj1
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.s, .sj1
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dual
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.nj
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.ṯnj
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.snj
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plural
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.n
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.ṯn
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.sn
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enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns
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singular
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w, wj, wy
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kw, k, ṯw, ṯ
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ṯm, ṯn
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sw, s
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s
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dual
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—
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ṯnj
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snj
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plural
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n
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ṯn
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sn
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stressed (‘independent’) pronouns
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singular
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jnk
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ṯwt
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ṯmt
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swt
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stt
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dual
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—
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—
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ntsnj
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plural
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—
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ntṯn
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ntsn, jntsn
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stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings
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singular
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.kj, .k
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.tj, .t
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∅, .j
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.tj, .t
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dual
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—
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.tjwn
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.wy, .wj
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.ty
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plural
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.wn, .nw
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∅, .w, .y, .wy
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.tj, .t
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- Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
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Middle Egyptian personal pronouns
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number
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first person
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second person
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third person
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masculine
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feminine
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masculine
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feminine
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suffix pronouns
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singular
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∅, .j
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.k, .kj1
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.ṯ, .t
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.f, .fj1
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.s, .sj1
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dual2
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.nj
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.ṯnj, .tnj
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.snj
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plural
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.n
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.ṯn, .tn
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.sn, .w3
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enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns
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singular
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wj, w
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ṯw, tw
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ṯn, tn
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sw, st
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sj, s, st
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plural
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n
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ṯn, tn
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sn, st
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stressed (‘independent’) pronouns
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singular
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jnk
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ntk, ṯwt2
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ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2
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ntf, swt2
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nts, swt2
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plural
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jnn3
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ntṯn, nttn
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ntsn
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stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings
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singular
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.kw
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.tj, .t, .tw3
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∅, .w
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.tj, .t, .tw3
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plural
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.wn, .wjn
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.tjwn, .tjwnj
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∅, .w, .y
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proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3
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singular
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tw.j
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tw.k
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tw.t
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sw
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sj, st
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plural
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tw.n
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tw.tn
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st
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- Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
- Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
- Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.
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Late Egyptian personal pronouns
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number
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first person
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second person
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third person
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masculine
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feminine
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masculine
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feminine
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suffix pronouns
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singular
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∅, .j
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.k, .kw
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.t
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.f, .fj
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.s, .st, .sw
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plural
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.n
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.tn, .twn
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.w, .sn1
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enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1
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singular
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wj
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tw, tj
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sw, st
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plural
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n, wn
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twn
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sn, st
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stressed (‘independent’) pronouns
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singular
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jnk
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mntk, mtwk
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mntt, mtwy
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mntf
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mntst, mntjst
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plural
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jnn
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mnttn
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mntw
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stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1
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singular
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.kw, .k
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.tj, .tw
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∅, .w, .y
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.tj, .tw
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plural
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.nw
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.tn
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∅, .w, .y
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unmarked (later)
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∅, .tw
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proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns
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singular
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tw.j
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tw.k
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tw.t
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sw
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st, sw
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plural
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tw.n
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tw.tn
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st, sw, swt
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- Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of .kw
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.k
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.kj
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.kjw
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.kw
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.kw
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.kw
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.kw
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.kw
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.k
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hapax, perhaps erroneous or transitional between .kj and .kw
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with reed leaf as determinative
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with reed leaf as determinative
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Some authors read this morpheme as
.kwj, taking the final
and the occasionally appearing reed leaf
as equivalent to the first-person suffix pronoun
.j instead of a determinative.
Pronoun
m sg 2. suffix pronoun
- Late Egyptian variant of .k (“you”)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 206.
- Edel, Elmar (1955-1964) Altägyptische Grammatik, Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 52, 82
- ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36