tw.tw
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Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
In origin from tj (“while”) + tw or .tw (impersonal pronoun), with tj from earlier (j)sṯ, from Old Egyptian (j)sk.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /tuːʔtuː/
- Conventional anglicization: tu.tu
Pronoun[edit]
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impersonal proclitic (‘subject form’) pronoun
- used as the impersonal subject of any adverbial predicate; one, someone or something unspecified [New Kingdom]
Usage notes[edit]
This form of pronoun is a proclitic that must stand at the beginning of a sentence (generally adverbial) and cannot come after any particles. It always indicates the subject of the sentence.
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of tw.tw
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References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 181.