jnw

Egyptian

Etymology

From jnj (“to bring, to get”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

Noun
ininw
Z2ss

 m

  1. cargo, delivery; produce, gifts, or supplies brought
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 174–175:
      aHaa
      n      		 aqqD54kwA1HrZ1I3I3G7
      m&a O35n&A1 n
      f      		 iniN33C
      Z2ss      		 p
      n      		 inin
      n      		 A1mXnn
      nw      		 Wpr
      n      		 N18
      N23 Z1      		 p
      n
      ꜥḥꜥ.n(.j) ꜥq.kw ḥr jtj mz.n.j n.f jnw pn jn.n.j m ẖnw n(j) jw pn
      Then I entered before the sovereign and presented him with those gifts (literally, “this getting”) that I had gotten within that island.

Inflection
Declension of jnw (masculine)
singular jnw
dual jnwwj
plural jnww

Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of jnw  
inin
nw w		 Y1
Z2
jnw

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 230.
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