nbw

See also: NbW

Demotic

Etymology

From Egyptian (nbw, “gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːβ/

Noun

 m

1. gold

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩⲃ (noub)

References

• Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 214

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːbaw/ → /ˈnaːbaw/ → /ˈnaːbə/ → /noːβ/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːbaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːbaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːbə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /noːβ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛbuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: nebu

Noun

 m

1. gold
2. an object made of gold

Inflection

Declension of nbw (masculine)

singular	nbw
dual	nbwwj
plural	nbww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nbw  

nbw

Derived terms

• jꜥj nbw
• pr-nbw
• nbw-kꜣw-rꜥ

Descendants

• Demotic: (nbw)
  • Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩⲃ (noub)
• → Old Nubian: ⳟⲁⲡ (ŋap)
  • Nobiin: náb

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 140.
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 83