-nw

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nuː/
- Conventional anglicization: -nu

Suffix

Added to the roots of cardinal numbers to form the ordinal numbers second through ninth.

Inflection

Declension of -nw

masculine

feminine

singular

nw

dual

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plural

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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 103.

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