mꜣꜥw

Egyptian

Etymology

mꜣꜥ (“to direct, to guide”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /mɑʔɑːuː/
- Conventional anglicization: maau

Noun

m

(sailing) wind blowing in the right direction (to drive one’s boat)
fresh air or breeze for breathing
(figuratively) the right direction in life

Alternative forms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 23.15–24.5
Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 102

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