wp-wꜣwt

Egyptian

Etymology

wp (“opener”) +‎ wꜣwt (plural of wꜣt (“way”)) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘opener of the ways’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛp wɑuːt/
- Conventional anglicization: wep-waut

Proper noun

m

the god Wepwawet

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 365.

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