.tw

See also: tw, TW, tw., t.w., and ṯw

Translingual

Etymology

. + ISO 3166-1 country code for Republic of China, tw.

Noun

.tw

  1. The ccTLD for Republic of China (Taiwan) as assigned by the IANA.


Country code top-level domains
Active:  .ac  .ad  .ae  .af  .ag  .ai  .al  .am  .ao  .aq  .ar  .as  .at  .au  .aw  .ax  .az  .ba  .bb  .bd  .be  .bf  .bg  .bh  .bi  .bj  .bm  .bn  .bo  .br  .bs  .bt  .bw  .by  .bz  .ca  .cc  .cd  .cf  .cg  .ch  .ci  .ck  .cl  .cm  .cn  .co  .cr  .cu  .cv  .cw  .cx  .cy  .cz  .de  .dj  .dk  .dm  .do  .dz  .ec  .ee  .eg  .es  .et  .eu  .fi  .fj  .fk  .fm  .fo  .fr  .ga  .gd  .ge  .gf  .gg  .gh  .gi  .gl  .gm  .gn  .gp  .gq  .gr  .gs  .gt  .gu  .gw  .gy  .hk  .hm  .hn  .hr  .ht  .hu  .id  .ie  .il  .im  .in  .io  .iq  .ir  .is  .it  .je  .jm  .jo  .jp  .ke  .kg  .kh  .ki  .km  .kn  .kp  .kr  .kw  .ky  .kz  .la  .lb  .lc  .li  .lk  .lr  .ls  .lt  .lu  .lv  .ly  .ma  .mc  .md  .me  .mg  .mh  .mk  .ml  .mm  .mn  .mo  .mp  .mq  .mr  .ms  .mt  .mu  .mv  .mw  .mx  .my  .mz  .na  .nc  .ne  .nf  .ng  .ni  .nl  .no  .np  .nr  .nu  .nz  .om  .pa  .pe  .pf  .pg  .ph  .pk  .pl  .pm  .pn  .pr  .ps  .pt  .pw  .py  .qa  .re  .ro  .rs  .ru  .rw  .sa  .sb  .sc  .sd  .se  .sg  .sh  .si  .sk  .sl  .sm  .sn  .sr  .ss  .st  .sv  .sx  .sy  .sz  .tc  .td  .tf  .tg  .th  .tj  .tk  .tl  .tm  .tn  .to  .tr  .tt  .tv  .tw  .tz  .ua  .ug  .uk  .us  .uy  .uz  .va  .vc  .ve  .vg  .vi  .vn  .vu  .wf  .ws  .ye  .yt  .za  .zm  .zw
Reserved/unassigned:  .bl  .bq  .eh  .er  .mf  .um       Allocated/unused:  .bv  .gb  .sj  .so       Phaseout: .su  .tp       Deleted/retired:  .an  .bu  .cs  .dd  .zr  .yu
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Egyptian

Pronunciation

Pronoun
tw

impersonal suffix pronoun

  1. (Middle Egyptian, Late Egyptian) used as the impersonal subject of an adverbial predicate or verb form; one, someone or something unspecified
  2. used as a substitute for noun phrases referring to the king [since the New Kingdom]

Usage notes

In the sense referring to the king, this pronoun is conventionally translated as capitalized “One”.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of .tw  
t
W
t
ti
.tw .t .tj
[Old Egyptian]

Derived terms

Suffix
tw
  1. (Middle Egyptian, Late Egyptian) forms the passive of most verb forms

Alternative forms

See under the pronoun above.

Pronoun
tW

 sg 2. stative ending ; ​ f sg 3. stative ending ; (later) ​ c stative ending

  1. (Late Egyptian, Neo-Middle Egyptian, attached to a stative verb form) Alternative form of .tj (“you, she, her”)
  2. (Late Egyptian, attached to a stative verb form) the general (unmarked) stative ending, used with all genders and numbers

Usage notes

By the end of the 20th Dynasty, all stative endings were levelled to this single form, .tw, or (interchangeably) simply not written at all. After that time all the written forms of the traditional stative endings no longer represented separate morphemes in the spoken language but were mere allographs of .tw or ∅.

Inflection
Old Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kj1
 .ṯ, .ṯn
 .f, .fj1
 .s, .sj1
dual .nj
 .ṯnj
 .snj
plural .n
 .ṯn
 .sn
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular w, wj, wy
 kw, k, ṯw, ṯ
 ṯm, ṯn
 sw, s
 s
dual —
 ṯnj
 snj
plural n
 ṯn
 sn
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 ṯwt
 ṯmt
 swt
 stt
dual —
 —
 ntsnj
plural —
 ntṯn
 ntsn, jntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kj, .k
 .tj, .t
 ∅, .j
 .tj, .t
dual — .tjwn
 .wy, .wj
 .ty
plural .wn, .nw
 ∅, .w, .y, .wy
 .tj, .t
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
Middle Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kj1
 .ṯ, .t
 .f, .fj1
 .s, .sj1
dual2 .nj
 .ṯnj, .tnj
 .snj
plural .n
 .ṯn, .tn
 .sn, .w3
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular wj, w
 ṯw, tw
 ṯn, tn
 sw, st
 sj, s, st
plural n
 ṯn, tn
 sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 ntk, ṯwt2
 ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2
 ntf, swt2
 nts, swt2
plural jnn3
 ntṯn, nttn
 ntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kw
 .tj, .t, .tw3
 ∅, .w
 .tj, .t, .tw3
plural .wn, .wjn
 .tjwn, .tjwnj
 ∅, .w, .y
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3 singular tw.j
 tw.k
 tw.t
 sw
 sj, st
plural tw.n
 tw.tn
 st
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
  2. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
  3. Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.
Late Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kw
 .t
 .f, .fj
 .s, .st, .sw
plural .n
 .tn, .twn
 .w, .sn1
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1 singular wj
 tw, tj
 sw, st
plural n, wn
 twn
 sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 mntk, mtwk
 mntt, mtwy
 mntf
 mntst, mntjst
plural jnn
 mnttn
 mntw
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1 singular .kw, .k
 .tj, .tw
 ∅, .w, .y
 .tj, .tw
plural .nw
 .tn
 ∅, .w, .y
unmarked (later) ∅, .tw
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns singular tw.j
 tw.k
 tw.t
 sw
 st, sw
plural tw.n
 tw.tn
 st, sw, swt
  1. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.

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 181, 206, 232.
  • Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 81–82, 101–102
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