ḥꜥw
التعريفات والمعاني
== Egyptian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɑːuː/
Conventional anglicization: hau
=== Noun ===
m
flesh of a body, sometimes as opposed to bones or organs
body of a person or god
(rare) body of an animal
(with attached suffix pronoun) -self [since the Middle Kingdom]
(in the plural) body parts, limbs (collectively)
==== Inflection ====
The singular and plural are generally indistinguishable in writing and interchangeable in meaning, so that only grammatical agreement allows one to distinguish between them.
==== Alternative forms ====
==== Descendants ====
Coptic: ϩⲱⲱ⸗ (hōō⸗)
=== Noun ===
m
fleet of ships [Middle Kingdom]
==== Inflection ====
==== Alternative forms ====
==== Related terms ====
ꜥḥꜥw (“flotilla”)
=== References ===
Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1929), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 37.5–39.14
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 164
James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 140, 271, 312.