nnw

See also: NNW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːnaw/ → /ˈnaːnaw/ → /ˈnaːnə/ → /noːn/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: nenu

Noun

m

inertness, rigor mortis

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nnw

nnw

Noun

m

the hidden, lost, perpetually dark, infinite primeval waters
Nu, father of the gods, the divine anthropomorphisation of the primeval waters, a member of the Ogdoad.

Alternative forms

The reading of this term is extremely uncertain; various authors have proposed nnw, nww, nwnw, nwn, nw, and nw(j), among other interpretations.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nnw

nnw

njw

nww

reading uncertain

Descendants

Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩⲛ (noun)

References

Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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