jpw

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Plural form of pw.

Determiner

ipw

 m pl proximal, later vocative demonstrative determiner

  1. (Old Egyptian) these
  2. (Middle Egyptian, archaizing) O (vocative reference)
Usage notes

This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows the noun it describes.

In Old Egyptian it forms a contrastive pair with the demonstrative jpf, in which jpw is proximal.

Its use in Middle Egyptian texts is an archaism.

In Old Egyptian this form is also used for the dual. Traditionally this is interpreted as a summary writing of a special dual form jpwj (attested as such only in archaizing Middle Egyptian texts). An alternative possible interpretation is that there simply was no distinction between the masculine dual and plural demonstrative determiners.

Inflection
Old Egyptian demonstratives
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.

Middle Egyptian demonstratives
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.

Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles
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.

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

ipwniwt

  m./f. topo.

  1. Akhmim or Panopolis, a city in Upper Egypt
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Demotic: jpw

Etymology 3

From jp (to count, to assess, to assign) +‎ -w.

Noun

ipwV12

 m

  1. (chiefly Late Egyptian) inventory, list, tax record
Inflection
Declension of jpw (masculine)
singular jpw
dual jpwwj
plural jpww
Alternative forms

Noun

ipwY1V

 m

  1. levy, duty, payments
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