mnw
See also: mꜣnw
Translingual
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: menu
Noun
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m pl
- (plural only) trees [since the Middle Kingdom]
- (plural only) orchard, plantation [since the Middle Kingdom]
- (plural only) plants in general [Greco-Roman Period]
Usage notes
From the Late Period on, this plural was sometimes treated as a singular.
Etymology 2
Uncertain, possibly a loanword from Semitic; compare Hebrew מָן (mān). Alternatively, possibly connected to mnw (“trees, orchard, plantation”).
Inflection
Declension of mnw (masculine)
singular | mnw |
---|---|
dual | mnwwj |
plural | mnww |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw
Descendants
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲉⲓⲛⲉ (meeine)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ (mēini)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲉⲓⲛ (mēein)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ (maein)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
See also
References
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 284–285, →ISBN
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 71.13–71.17, 72.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 108
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 171, 257.
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