štw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛtuː/
- Conventional anglicization: shetu

Noun

m

turtle, tortoise [since the Middle Kingdom]

Inflection

Declension of štw (masculine)

singular	štw
dual	štwwj
plural	štww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of štw

tyw

štjw

šṯw

štw

[18th Dynasty]

[19th Dynasty]

abbreviation

Descendants

Akhmimic Coptic: ϫⲓⲧ (čit)
Bohairic Coptic: ϣⲓⲧⲥ (šits), ϭⲓⲧⲥ (cits)

Proper noun

m

an evil being that serves as an enemy of Ra

Alternative forms

See under the noun above.

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 556, 557.1–557.5, 559
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 273

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