mnw
See also: mꜣnw
Translingual
    
    
Egyptian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛnuː/
- Conventional anglicization: menu
 
Noun
    
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m pl
- (plural only) trees [since the Middle Kingdom]
- (plural only) orchard, plantation [since the Middle Kingdom]
- (plural only) plants in general [Greco-Roman Period]
Usage notes
    
From the Late Period on, this plural was sometimes treated as a singular.
Etymology 2
    
Uncertain, possibly a loanword from Semitic; compare Hebrew מָן (mān). Alternatively, possibly connected to mnw (“trees, orchard, plantation”).
Inflection
    
Declension of mnw (masculine)
| singular | mnw | 
|---|---|
| dual | mnwwj | 
| plural | mnww | 
Alternative forms
    
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of mnw  
Descendants
    
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲉⲓⲛⲉ (meeine)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲓⲛⲓ (mēini)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲙⲏⲉⲓⲛ (mēein)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ (maein)
Alternative forms
    
Derived terms
    
See also
    
References
    
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 284–285, →ISBN
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 71.13–71.17, 72.11
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 108
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 171, 257.
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