mḏwtj

Egyptian

**Egyptian numbers ^(edit)**
	200
← 10	𓎇 20	30 →
	2
Cardinal: mḏwtj, ḏwtj Ordinal: mḥ-mḏwtj, mḥ-ḏwtj

Etymology

mḏw (“ten”) +‎ -tj (feminine dual ending).[1]

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /(mu)cʼaˈwaːtaj/ → /(mu)t͡ʃʼaˈwaːtaj/ → /(mə)t͡ʃʼəˈwaːtə/ → /(mə)t͡ʃʼəˈwoːt/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɛd͡ʒuːti/
- Conventional anglicization: medjuti

Numeral

twenty

Inflection

Declension of mḏwtj

	masculine	feminine
singular	mḏwtj	mḏwtt

Descendants

Bohairic Coptic: ϫⲟⲩⲧ (čout), ϫⲱⲧ (čōt)
Sahidic Coptic: ϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ (čouōt)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 102.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 71, 255

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.