snnw

Egyptian

**Egyptian numbers ^(edit)**
	20^{[a], [b]}
^{[a], [b]} ← 1	𓏻 2	3 →
Cardinal: snwj Ordinal: snnw Adverbial: zpwj snwj Distributive: snwj snwj Fractional: gs, rmn

sn-, root of snwj +‎ -nw.

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛnɛnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: senenu

Declension of snnw

	masculine	feminine
singular	snnw	snnwt
dual	snnwwj	snnwtj
plural	snnww	snnwwt¹, snnwt²
Archaic in Middle Egyptian when modifying a noun. From Middle Egyptian, this feminine singular form was generally used for the plural. In Late Egyptian, the masculine singular form was used with all nouns.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of snnw

snnw

m

companion, fellow
- c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 41–45:
  
  jr.n.j ḫmtw hrw wꜥ.kw jb.j m snnw.j sḏr.kw m ẖnw n(j) kꜣp n(j) ḫt qnj.n.j šwyt
  I spent three days alone, my heart my only companion (literally, “my second”), lying inside a shelter of wood, having embraced the shadows.
equal

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of snnw

snnw

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 103, 219, 317.
Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 129

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