wnwt

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /wVˈnaːwat/ → /wVˈnaːwaʔ/ → /wəˈnaːʔəʔ/ → /wəˈnoːʔ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛnuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: wenut

Noun

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(unequal) hour (one twelfth of the period of daylight or one twelfth of the period of night) [since the Pyramid Texts]
moment, time

Inflection

Declension of wnwt (feminine)

singular	wnwt
dual	wnwtj
plural	wnwwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wnwt

N14

N14

N14

wnwt

wnwt

wnwt

Derived terms

jmj wnwt (“astronomer”)
wnwt-ḥwt-nṯr
m wnwt (“intermittently”)
n wnwt (“in a moment”)
šps wnwt bjnt (“to have a bad time”)

Descendants

Demotic: wnwt
- Coptic: ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ (ounou)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 459 page 107, 459.
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 83

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