jwf

Egyptian

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈjuwfuw/ → /ˈjuwfuw/ → /ˈʔuʔfəʔ/ → /ʔøʔf/

Noun
iW
f		 F51
Z2ss

 m

  1. flesh
  2. (as food) meat
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.9–1.10:
      mAtwI3riH_SPACE
      W      		 fF51
      Z2      		 rgsZ1sk
      n      		 I3A1O43p
      a      		 a
      f      		 n
      k
      (j)m ꜣtw r jwf r gs skn šzp dj.f n.k
      Don’t raven after meat next to a voracious man; partake when he gives to you.

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jwf  
if
F51
jf
[Old Kingdom]

Descendants
  • Demotic: jwf
    • Coptic: ⲁϥ (af) (Bohairic), (Sahidic)
    • Coptic: ⲁⲁϥ (aaf) (Sahidic), (Fayyumic)
    • Coptic: ⲉϥ (ef) (Akhmimic), (Lycopolitan), (Dialect K)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 378 page 279, 378.
  • Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 74
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