"-wj" meaning in Egyptian

See -wj in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /wVj/ (note: reconstructed), /wVj/ (note: reconstructed), /wə/ (note: reconstructed), /w/ (note: reconstructed), /wVj/ (note: Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE), /wVj/ (note: Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE), /wə/ (note: Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE), /w/ (note: latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE), /wi/ (note: modern Egyptological) Forms: w&y [canonical]
Etymology: -w (“masculine plural ending”) + -j (“dual ending”). Head templates: {{head|egy|suffixes|cat2=|head=<hiero>w&y</hiero>}} w&y, {{egy-suffix|head=<hiero>w&y</hiero>}} w&y
  1. Used to form regular masculine dual forms of nouns and adjectives Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--wj-egy-suffix-z03oGNMu
  2. Attaches to the adjective in an adjectival predicate to give its clause admirative exclamatory force: How very… ! How… ! Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--wj-egy-suffix-FG-gw2K0 Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: W:y, w, -w
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  "etymology_text": "-w (“masculine plural ending”) + -j (“dual ending”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "w&y",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "suffixes",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "<hiero>w&y</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "w&y",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "<hiero>w&y</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "w&y",
      "name": "egy-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form regular masculine dual forms of nouns and adjectives"
      ],
      "id": "en--wj-egy-suffix-z03oGNMu",
      "links": [
        [
          "regular",
          "regular#English"
        ],
        [
          "masculine",
          "masculine#English"
        ],
        [
          "dual",
          "dual#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How sweet is the love of him among us!",
          "ref": "c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 21",
          "text": "bnr-w&y-U7:t:f-x:r:n:Z2\nbnrwj mr(w)t.f ḫr.n"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to the adjective in an adjectival predicate to give its clause admirative exclamatory force: How very… ! How… !"
      ],
      "id": "en--wj-egy-suffix-FG-gw2K0",
      "links": [
        [
          "How",
          "how"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wVj/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wVj/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wə/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/w/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wVj/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wVj/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wə/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/w/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wi/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "W:y"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "w"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-w"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wj"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Egyptian lemmas",
    "Egyptian suffixes",
    "Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "-w (“masculine plural ending”) + -j (“dual ending”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "w&y",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "suffixes",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "<hiero>w&y</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "w&y",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "<hiero>w&y</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "w&y",
      "name": "egy-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form regular masculine dual forms of nouns and adjectives"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regular",
          "regular#English"
        ],
        [
          "masculine",
          "masculine#English"
        ],
        [
          "dual",
          "dual#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Egyptian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How sweet is the love of him among us!",
          "ref": "c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) line 21",
          "text": "bnr-w&y-U7:t:f-x:r:n:Z2\nbnrwj mr(w)t.f ḫr.n"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Attaches to the adjective in an adjectival predicate to give its clause admirative exclamatory force: How very… ! How… !"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "How",
          "how"
        ],
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wVj/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wVj/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wə/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/w/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wVj/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wVj/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wə/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/w/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wi/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "W:y"
    },
    {
      "word": "w"
    },
    {
      "word": "-w"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wj"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -wj meaning in Egyptian (1.9kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'w&y' in 'w&y'",
  "path": [
    "-wj"
  ],
  "section": "Egyptian",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-wj",
  "trace": ""
}

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