What is the ancient Egyptian word for 'word'?

Answer 1

There are two words for word "word" in Ancient Egyptian:

1. In hieroglyphs: 𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁

Meaning and Translation:

1. word (written or spoken)

2. a speech.

Transliterated as: mdw (consonants only)

Pronunciations with reconstructed vowels in several stages of Ancient Egyptian (using IPA):

1. /ˈmaːtʼaw/ (singular); /maˈtʼuww/ (plural) - Old and Middle Egyptian (c. 2500 and 1700 B.C.E., respectively)

2. /ˈmoːtʼ/ (singular); /məˈtʼøww/ (plural) - Late Egyptian (c. 800 B.C.E.)

2. In hieroglyphs: 𓌃𓂧𓏏𓀁

Meaning and Translation:

1.word (written or spoken)

2.a speech

3.the text of a command

4.speech (faculty) [since the Amarna Period]

5. ‘word of the heart’; thought [Middle Kingdom, Late Egyptian]

6. matter, affair, issue [since the Middle Kingdom]

Transliterated as: mdt (consonants only)

/ˈmaːtʼat/ - Old Egyptian (c. 2500 B.C.E.)

/ˈmaːtʼaʔ/ - Middle Egyptian (c. 1700 B.C.E.)

/ˈmoːtʼə/ (stressed); /mətʼə(t)/ (unstressed, in construct state) - (c. 800 B.C.E.)

ⲙⲟⲩϯ (mouti) - Bohairic Coptic

ⲙⲉⲧ- (met-) - Bohairic Coptic

ⲙⲛⲧ- (mnt-) - Sahidic Coptic