.tw
.tw - Translingual
Noun
.tw
- The ccTLD for Republic of China (Taiwan) as assigned by the IANA.
.tw - Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA: /ʔtuː/
- Conventional anglicization: .tu
Pronoun
impersonal suffix pronoun
- (Middle Egyptian, Late Egyptian) used as the impersonal subject of an adverbial predicate or verb form; one, someone or something unspecified
- used as a substitute for noun phrases referring to the king
Usage notes
In the sense referring to the king, this pronoun is conventionally translated as capitalized “One”.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Related terms
Suffix
- (Middle Egyptian, Late Egyptian) forms the passive of most verb forms
Alternative forms
See under the pronoun above.
Pronoun
sg 2. stative ending ; f sg 3. stative ending ; (later) c stative ending
- (Late Egyptian, Neo-Middle Egyptian, attached to a stative verb form) Alternative form of .tj (“you, she, her”)
- (Late Egyptian, attached to a stative verb form) the general (unmarked) stative ending, used with all genders and numbers
Usage notes
By the end of the 20th Dynasty, all stative endings were levelled to this single form, .tw, or (interchangeably) simply not written at all. After that time all the written forms of the traditional stative endings no longer represented separate morphemes in the spoken language but were mere allographs of .tw or ∅.
Inflection
number | first person | second person | third person | |||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
suffix pronouns | singular | ∅, .j | .k, .kj1 | .ṯ, .ṯn | .f, .fj1 | .s, .sj1 |
dual | .nj | .ṯnj | .snj | |||
plural | .n | .ṯn | .sn | |||
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns | singular | w, wj, wy | kw, k, ṯw, ṯ | ṯm, ṯn | sw, s | s |
dual | — | ṯnj | snj | |||
plural | n | ṯn | sn | |||
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns | singular | jnk | ṯwt | ṯmt | swt | stt |
dual | — | — | ntsnj | |||
plural | — | ntṯn | ntsn, jntsn | |||
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings | singular | .kj, .k | .tj, .t | ∅, .j | .tj, .t | |
dual | — | .tjwn | .wy, .wj | .ty | ||
plural | .wn, .nw | ∅, .w, .y, .wy | .tj, .t | |||
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number | first person | second person | third person | |||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
suffix pronouns | singular | ∅, .j | .k, .kj1 | .ṯ, .t | .f, .fj1 | .s, .sj1 |
dual2 | .nj | .ṯnj, .tnj | .snj | |||
plural | .n | .ṯn, .tn | .sn, .w3 | |||
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns | singular | wj, w | ṯw, tw | ṯn, tn | sw, st | sj, s, st |
plural | n | ṯn, tn | sn, st | |||
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns | singular | jnk | ntk, ṯwt2 | ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2 | ntf, swt2 | nts, swt2 |
plural | jnn3 | ntṯn, nttn | ntsn | |||
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings | singular | .kw | .tj, .t, .tw3 | ∅, .w | .tj, .t, .tw3 | |
plural | .wn, .wjn | .tjwn, .tjwnj | ∅, .w, .y | |||
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3 | singular | tw.j | tw.k | tw.t | sw | sj, st |
plural | tw.n | tw.tn | st | |||
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number | first person | second person | third person | |||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
suffix pronouns | singular | ∅, .j | .k, .kw | .t | .f, .fj | .s, .st, .sw |
plural | .n | .tn, .twn | .w, .sn1 | |||
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1 | singular | wj | tw, tj | sw, st | ||
plural | n, wn | twn | sn, st | |||
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns | singular | jnk | mntk, mtwk | mntt, mtwy | mntf | mntst, mntjst |
plural | jnn | mnttn | mntw | |||
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1 | singular | .kw, .k | .tj, .tw | ∅, .w, .y | .tj, .tw | |
plural | .nw | .tn | ∅, .w, .y | |||
unmarked (later) | ∅, .tw | |||||
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns | singular | tw.j | tw.k | tw.t | sw | st, sw |
plural | tw.n | tw.tn | st, sw, swt | |||
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