ꜥꜥwj n qdd

Egyptian

Etymology

ꜥꜥw (“sleep”) +‎ n(j) (“of”) +‎ qdd (“sleep”), thus literally ‘a sleep of sleep’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːʔɑːuːi ɛn kɛdɛd/
- Conventional anglicization: aawi en qeded

Noun

m

wave of sleep

References

Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 38
For the hieroglyphic writing, see line 8 of the Dream Stele.

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