wpwt

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwapwut/ → /ˈwapwuʔ/ → /ˈwapwa/ → /ˈwapwə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwapwut/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwapwuʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwapwa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwapwə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛpuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: weput

Noun

 f

1. message
2. behest
3. task, mission, assignment
4. business, work, duties
5. office, position to serve in

Inflection

Declension of wpwt (feminine u-stem)

singular	wpwt
dual	wpwtj
plural	wpwwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wpwt  

wpwt	wpt	wpt	wpt	wpwt

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wpwt  

wpt	wpt	wpt	wpwt	wpwt
[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]

Derived terms

• wpwtj

Descendants

• Demotic: wpt
  • Akhmimic Coptic: ⲓⲁⲡⲉ (iape)
  • Bohairic Coptic: ⲓⲟⲡⲏ (iopē), ⲓⲟⲡⲓ (iopi), ⲓⲉⲃ (ieb), ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb)
  • Old Coptic: ⲉⲓⲁⲡⲉ (eiape), ⲓⲁⲡⲓ (iapi), ⲓⲟⲡⲓ (iopi)
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲡⲉ (eiope), ⲓⲟⲡⲉ (iope)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛpuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: weput

Noun

 f

1. inventory, register (of cattle, food, land, households, etc.) [Middle to New Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wpwt  

wpwt	wpt	wpyt	wpt	wpwt
				[19th–20th Dynasty]

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛpuːt/
  • Conventional anglicization: weput

Noun

 f

1. subordinates, people (under someone)
2. household
3. crowd

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wpwt  

wpwt	wpwt	wpwt	wpwt
		consisting of women	consisting of women

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 458.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 303.1–303.2, 303.4–304.5
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 59–60