mwt-mwt

Egyptian

Etymology

mwt (“mother”) +‎ mwt (“mother”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘mother of the mother’.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʔwat ˈmiʔwat/, /ˈmuʔwat ˈmuʔwat/ → /ˈmiʔwaʔ ˈmiʔwaʔ/, /ˈmuʔwaʔ ˈmuʔwaʔ/ → /ˈmeʔwə ˈmeʔwə/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /muːt muːt/
- Conventional anglicization: mut-mut

Noun

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(maternal or paternal) grandmother

Inflection

Declension of mwt-mwt (feminine)

singular	mwt-mwt
dual	mwtj-mwt
plural	mwwt-mwt

References

Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 245

Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 160, 163

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