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Egyptian
Etymology
From jnj (“to bring, to get”) + -w.
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- cargo, delivery; produce, gifts, or supplies brought
c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE,
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 174–175:
- ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) ꜥq.kw ḥr jtj mz.n.j n.f jnw pn jn.n.j m ẖnw n(j) jw pn
- Then I entered before the sovereign and presented him with those gifts (literally, “this getting”) that I had gotten within that island.
Inflection
Declension of jnw (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnw
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 230.
