hꜣw

See also: ḥꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
hAwY1
Z2

 m

  1. vicinity, surroundings, neighborhood
    • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 55–56:[1]
      ia
      N35B      		 Hr Z1
      p      		 wt
      SA      		 Z9
      D36      		 wp
      t Z1      		 Z2
      D35      		 aHaa
      D54      		 n
      t W      		 mhAW
      H_SPACE      		 Y1
      Z2      		 f
      jꜥ ḥr pw tšꜣ wpwt nj ꜥḥꜥ.n.tw m hꜣw.f
      He is one who takes vengeance (literally, “one who washes the face”), one who smashes brows; one cannot stand in his vicinity.
  2. situation
  3. (of the king) reign
  4. (temporal) time
  5. family

Descendants
  • Demotic: hꜣ
    • Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲏ (hē)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 284, 292 page 60, 284, 292.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 128
  1. Allen, James (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 81–83
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