wnt

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English

Verb

wnt

  1. (text messaging) want

Anagrams

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the terminative of wnn (to exist).

Verb

wn
n
t
  1. terminative of wnn

Particle

wn
n
t

 proclitic

  1. serves as a complementizer to convert a verbal or nonverbal sentence with realis mood into a subordinated noun clause; that
Usage notes

When followed by a clause with a pronominal subject and adverbial predicate, the subject takes the form of a suffix pronoun attached to wnt.

Subordinate complement clauses are typically unmarked if their mood is irrealis and marked with ntt, wnt, or jwt only if modally realis.

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Etymology 2

Particle

wn
n
t

 enclitic

  1. alternative form of wnnt (truly, indeed)

References

  • James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 184, 193, 198, 317.
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • Uljas, Sami (2007) The Modal System of Earlier Egyptian Complement Clauses: A Study in Pragmatics in a Dead Language