ꜣmw

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜣm (“to burn”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑmuː/
- Conventional anglicization: amu

Noun

m

(uncountable) burning, flame [since the Book of the Dead]
Synonym: ꜣmwt
(medicine, uncountable) name of a disease

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜣmw

ꜣmm

ꜣmm

[Late Period]

[Greco-Roman Period]

Derived terms

jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 10.4
Hannig, Rainer (1997) Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache der Pharaonen (2800–950 v. Chr.) (Hannig-Lexica; 1), second edition, Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, →ISBN, page 8

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