mnwt
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛnuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: menut
Noun
f
- pigeon
- Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Men Bringing Birds and Cattle (Cleveland 1930.738), caption above pigeon:[1]
![Y5 [mn] mn](../I/hiero_Y5.png.webp)
![X1 [t] t](../I/hiero_X1.png.webp)
![M12 [xA] xA](../I/hiero_M12.png.webp)
![M12 [xA] xA](../I/hiero_M12.png.webp)
- ḫꜣ snwj mnwt
- Two thousand pigeons
- Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Men Bringing Birds and Cattle (Cleveland 1930.738), caption above pigeon:[1]
Inflection
Declension of mnwt (feminine)
| singular | mnwt |
|---|---|
| dual | mnwtj |
| plural | mnwwt |
References
- Berman, Lawrence M.; Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, page 140–141
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