mjtw

Egyptian

Etymology

mjt (“similarity”) +‎ -w, ultimately from mj (“like”).

Pronunciation

Noun
mitw

 m

  1. one like; equal; likeness
    • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Ptahhotep (pPrisse/pBN 186–194) lines 6.1–6.2 (74–77):
      irgmmkDAAiswA2A1mAt
      Z5      		 ra
      f
      mHwrrwnDs
      A1      		 D35ismitwA1
      k
      mAdI3ibZ1kr
      f      		 x t
      f      		 X
      z      		 z
      nDs
      f
      iAa16m&a swwr
      tA      		 N23Z1U35A24f
      n      		 f
      D      		 z
      f
      jr gm.k ḏꜣjsw m ꜣt.f m ḥwrw nj js mjtw.k m ꜣd(w) jb.k r.f ḫft ẖzz.f jmj sw r tꜣ ḫsf.f n.f ḏs.f
      If you find a disputant in the act who is an inferior and not your equal, don’t let yourself rage at him in accordance with his being wretched; set him aside (literally, “to the earth”) and he himself will punish himself.

Inflection
Declension of mjtw (masculine)
singular mjtw
dual mjtwwj
plural mjtww

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mjtw  
mitwA1
mit
mjtw mjt

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 90–91.
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