bꜥḥw

Egyptian

Etymology

bꜥḥj (“to flow, to flood”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑːhuː/
- Conventional anglicization: bahu

Noun

m

inundation, flood
abundance of food

Inflection

Declension of bꜥḥw (masculine)

singular	bꜥḥw
dual	bꜥḥwwj
plural	bꜥḥww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜥḥw

bꜥḥ

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 448.1–448.8
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 81

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