hꜣw

See also: ḥꜣw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɑuː/
- Conventional anglicization: hau

Noun

m

vicinity, surroundings, neighborhood
- c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 55–56:[1]
  
  jꜥ ḥr pw tšꜣ wpwt nj ꜥḥꜥ.n.tw m hꜣw.f
  He is one who takes vengeance (literally, “one who washes the face”), one who smashes brows; one cannot stand in his vicinity.
situation
(of the king) reign
(temporal) time
family

Descendants

Demotic: hꜣ
- Bohairic Coptic: ϩⲏ (hē)

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 60, 284, 292.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 128

Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 81–83

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