Sethe considers this form to have originated as a miswriting of jptw; Faulkner instead considers it a back-formation from the dual form jptwtj.
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f pl proximal demonstrative determiner
This demonstrative seems to be a rare form with the same functions as jptw, perhaps a mere variant. See the usage notes there.
determiners | pronouns1 | adverbs | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | unmarked | |||||
masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
proximal to speaker | pn |
tn |
*jpnj |
jptnj, jptntj |
jpn |
jptn |
nn |
— |
distal | pf |
tf |
*jpfj |
*jptfj, *jptftj |
jpf |
jptf |
nf |
— |
proximal to spoken of | pj, pw, p |
tj, tw |
jpwj |
jptwj, jptwtj |
jpw |
jptw, jptwt |
nw |
— |
vocative | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
nꜣ |
ꜥꜣ |
1 Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.
determiners and pronouns | adverbs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural1 | |||
masculine | feminine | |||
proximal | pn |
tn |
nn |
ꜥn |
distal | pf, pfꜣ |
tf, tfꜣ |
nf, nfꜣ |
ꜥf |
‘copula’ and vocative | pw, pwy |
tw, twy |
nw |
— |
anaphoric | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
nꜣ |
ꜥꜣ |
1 Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.
masculine | feminine | plural | adverb | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
pronoun | pꜣw |
dj | |||
determiners and pronouns | pꜣj |
tꜣj |
nꜣj | ||
possessive determiners1 | pꜣy |
tꜣy |
nꜣy | ||
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’) | p-n, pꜣ |
t-nt, tꜣ |
nꜣyw, nꜣ | ||
definite articles | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
nꜣ2 | ||
indefinite articles | wꜥ2 |
nhꜣy2 |
1 Used with suffix pronouns.
2 Originally joined by n(j) to nouns they modify; later without it.