nhw

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛhuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: nehu

 m

1. loss
   • c. 2000–1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115), lines 7–8:

     jzwt.n jj.t(j) ꜥd.t(j) nn nhw n mšꜥ.n

     Our crew has come (back) intact, without loss to our expedition.

2. need, lack

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-51796-6, 121 page 60, 121.

From Middle Welsh -nt (“3rd person plural verb ending”) + hwy (“they”), related to Breton i (“they”), Cornish i (“they”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): /n̥uː/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /nuː/

• Only pronounced /n̥uː/ in very careful speech; the usual pronunciation is /nuː/.

nhw

1. they, them