pw

English

Noun

pw (plural pws)

(computing) Short for password.
Synonyms: pwd, pword, pass

Prepositional phrase

pw

(New Zealand) Initialism of per week.
Synonyms: /wk., /wk

Anagrams

w.p., WP, wp

Auhelawa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʷ/

Letter

pw (upper case Pw)

A letter of the Auhelawa alphabet.

Egyptian

Etymology

From earlier pj.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /puː/
- Conventional anglicization: pu

Determiner

m sg proximal, later copular/vocative demonstrative determiner

(Old Egyptian) this
(Middle Egyptian, in nominal sentences, following the initial nominal or pronominal element) this is…; it is…
(Middle Egyptian, formal) O (vocative reference)

Usage notes

This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows the noun it describes.

When used in nominal sentences, pw does not vary by the gender or number of the referent; it is used with nouns and pronouns of any gender or number.

In Old Egyptian this form was occasionally used in place of the plural jpw (and at least once for the dual jpwj). Whether this should be interpreted as a mere summarily written variant of jpw or as a genuine use of the singular for the plural is unclear.

Inflection

Old Egyptian demonstratives

	determiners						pronouns¹	adverbs
number	singular		dual		plural		unmarked
gender	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine	unmarked
proximal to speaker	pn	tn	*jpnj	jptnj, jptntj	jpn	jptn	nn	—
distal	pf	tf	*jpfj	jptfj, jptftj	jpf	jptf	nf	—
proximal to spoken of	pj, pw, p	tj, tw	jpwj	jptwj, jptwtj	jpw	jptw, jptwt	nw	—
vocative	pꜣ	tꜣ	—	—	—	—	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ
Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.

Middle Egyptian demonstratives

	determiners and pronouns			adverbs
number	singular		plural¹
gender	masculine	feminine	unmarked
proximal	pn	tn	nn	ꜥn
distal	pf, pfꜣ	tf, tfꜣ	nf, nfꜣ	ꜥf
‘copula’ and vocative	pw, pwy	tw, twy	nw	—
anaphoric	pꜣ	tꜣ	nꜣ	ꜥꜣ
Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.

Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles

	masculine	feminine	plural	adverb
pronoun	pꜣw			dj
determiners and pronouns	pꜣj	tꜣj	nꜣj
possessive determiners¹	pꜣy	tꜣy	nꜣy
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’)	p-n, pꜣ	t-nt, tꜣ	nꜣyw, nꜣ
definite articles	pꜣ	tꜣ	nꜣ²
indefinite articles	wꜥ²		nhꜣy²
Used with suffix pronouns. Originally joined by n(j) to nouns they modify; later without it.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pw

pw

There is also an alternative form that cannot stand alone as a pronoun: pwy.

Derived terms

Pronoun

interrogative stressed (‘independent’) pronoun

Alternative form of ptr

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pw

pw

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 54–56.
Edel, Elmar (1955-1964) Altägyptische Grammatik, volume 1, Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, § 182 et seq., page 83 et seq.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *pu̯eiH (“to sleep, to lie down”). Cognate with Iu Mien bueix.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɨ˧/

Verb

pw

to sleep
to recline, to lie down

Derived terms

pw khwb rwg (“to lie on one's stomach”)
pw ntxeev tiaj (“to lie on the back”)
pw tsaug zog (“to slumber, snooze, sleep”)
pw ua ntsais (“to lie on the side”)

References

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 239.

^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.

[1] Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.

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