jw.s pw

Egyptian

Etymology

jw (imperfective relative form of jwj (“to come”)) +‎ .s (“she, it”) +‎ pw (“this is...”), literally ‘it is that it comes’.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /iuːʔɛs puː/
  • Conventional anglicization: iu.es pu

Phrase

1. (Late Egyptian) formulaic statement made in the colophon or conclusion of a literary text; that’s how it goes, the end

Usage notes

This formula is often extended to jw.s pw nfr (“so it comes to a good conclusion”) or further to jw.s pw nfr m ḥtp (“so it successfully comes to a good conclusion”).

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jw.s pw  

jw.s pw

Synonyms

• jw.f pw

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 45.4
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 376.