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Egyptian
Pronunciation
Noun
m
- sacred barque
c. 1401 BCE,
Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, line 11:
- ṯwt nṯr pw ḏꜣ wnwwt ḥtp.k wjꜣ ḫpr(j)
- You are this god who sails across the hours as you rest in the barque of Khepri.
Inflection
Declension of wjꜣ (masculine)
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wjꜣ
Derived terms
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 271.8–272.2
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 56
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 41