"nmw" meaning in Egyptian

See nmw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nɛmuː/ (note: modern Egyptological) Forms: n-mw [canonical, masculine], masculine [table-tags]
Head templates: {{head|egy|nouns||g=m|g2=|head=<hiero>n-mw</hiero>}} n-mw m, {{egy-noun|m|head=n-mw}} n-mw m
  1. dwarf, deformed person Synonyms: dng
    Sense id: en-nmw-egy-noun-~E3v8N38 Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
  2. a dwarf figurine associated with the god Ptah and conventionally called a Pataikos
    Sense id: en-nmw-egy-noun-0ZhfFX-f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "egy",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "egy:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "n-mw",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "<hiero>n-mw</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "n-mw m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "n-mw"
      },
      "expansion": "n-mw m",
      "name": "egy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "since the Middle Kingdom",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dwarf, deformed person"
      ],
      "id": "en-nmw-egy-noun-~E3v8N38",
      "links": [
        [
          "dwarf",
          "dwarf"
        ],
        [
          "deformed",
          "deformed"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dng"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "since the Middle Kingdom",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a dwarf figurine associated with the god Ptah and conventionally called a Pataikos"
      ],
      "id": "en-nmw-egy-noun-0ZhfFX-f",
      "links": [
        [
          "figurine",
          "figurine"
        ],
        [
          "Ptah",
          "Ptah"
        ],
        [
          "Pataikos",
          "Pataikos"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛmuː/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nmw"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Egyptian lemmas",
    "Egyptian masculine nouns",
    "Egyptian nouns",
    "Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "egy:People"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "n-mw",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "<hiero>n-mw</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "n-mw m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "n-mw"
      },
      "expansion": "n-mw m",
      "name": "egy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "since the Middle Kingdom",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dwarf, deformed person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dwarf",
          "dwarf"
        ],
        [
          "deformed",
          "deformed"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dng"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "since the Middle Kingdom",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a dwarf figurine associated with the god Ptah and conventionally called a Pataikos"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "figurine",
          "figurine"
        ],
        [
          "Ptah",
          "Ptah"
        ],
        [
          "Pataikos",
          "Pataikos"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛmuː/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nmw"
}

Download raw JSONL data for nmw meaning in Egyptian (1.3kB)

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  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "nmw"
  ],
  "section": "Egyptian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nmw",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 8"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "nmw"
  ],
  "section": "Egyptian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nmw",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 8"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "nmw"
  ],
  "section": "Egyptian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nmw",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Egyptian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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