wpwtj

Egyptian

Etymology

Nominalized from wpwt (“message, task”) +‎ -j (nisba ending).

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /wapˈwuːtij/ → /wapˈwuːtij/ → /wəpˈweːt/

Noun


 m

  1. one entrusted with a message or task, messenger, envoy, emissary
  2. (by extension) a spirit that brings death

Inflection
Declension of wpwtj (masculine)
singular wpwtj
dual wpwtjwj
plural wpwtjw

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wpwtj  


wptj wptj

Descendants
  • Demotic: wpṱ
  • → Meroitic: apov

References
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 304
  • Lesko, Leonard; Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, volume 1, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN, page 25, 99
  • Janet H. Johnson, editor (2001) The Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago‎, volume W (09.1), Chicago: The University of Chicago, page 77
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 272.
  1. Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37, 57
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