pw
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English
Noun
pw (plural pws)
Prepositional phrase
pw
- (New Zealand) Initialism of per week.
Anagrams
Auhelawa
Pronunciation
Letter
pw (upper case Pw)
Egyptian
Etymology
From earlier pj.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /puː/
- Conventional anglicization: pu
Determiner
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m sg proximal, later copular/vocative demonstrative determiner
- (Old Egyptian) this
- (Middle Egyptian, in nominal sentences, following the initial nominal or pronominal element) this is…; it is…
- (Middle Egyptian, formal) 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.
When used in nominal sentences, pw does not vary by the gender or number of the referent; it is used with nouns and pronouns of any gender or number.
Inflection
Old Egyptian demonstratives
| determiners | pronouns1 | adverbs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | singular | dual | plural | unmarked | ||||
| gender | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | unmarked | |
| proximal to speaker | pn |
tn, jtn |
*jpnj |
*jptnj |
jpn |
jptn |
nn |
— |
| distal | pf |
tf |
*jpfj |
*jptfj |
jpf |
jptf |
nf |
— |
| proximal to spoken of | pj, pw, py, p |
tj, tw, jtw |
jpwj |
*jptwj |
jpw |
jptw |
nw |
— |
| vocative | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
nꜣ |
ꜥꜣ |
| ||||||||
Middle Egyptian demonstratives
Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles
| masculine | feminine | plural | adverb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronoun | pꜣw |
dj | ||||
| determiners and pronouns | pꜣj |
tꜣj |
nꜣj | |||
| possessive determiners (used with suffix pronouns) | pꜣy |
tꜣy |
nꜣy | |||
| relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’) | p-n, pꜣ |
t-nt, tꜣ |
nꜣyw, nꜣ | |||
| definite articles | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
nꜣ1 | |||
| indefinite articles | wꜥ1 |
nhꜣy1 | ||||
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Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pw
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| pw |
There is also an alternative form that cannot stand alone as a pronoun: pwy.
Derived terms
Pronoun
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interrogative stressed (‘independent’) pronoun
- Alternative form of ptr
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pw
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| pw |
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 54–56.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pu̯eiH (“to sleep, to lie down”). Cognate with Iu Mien bueix.
Pronunciation
Verb
pw
Derived terms
- pw khwb rwg (“to lie on one's stomach”)
- pw ntxeev tiaj (“to lie on the back”)
- pw tsaug zog (“to slumber, snooze, sleep”)
- pw ua ntsais (“to lie on the side”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 239.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.