sjsw

Egyptian

Egyptian numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: sjsw     Ordinal: sjsnw     Adverbial: sjsw zpw     Distributive: sjsw sjsw     Fractional: r sjsw

Etymology

Compare Proto-Semitic *šidṯum, Central Atlas Tamazight ⵙⴹⵉⵙ (sḍis), Hausa shidà, and Awngi ሴዛ (sedza, “four”).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /saɾˈsaw/ → /sajˈsaw/ → /ʔəsˈsaw/ → /ʔəsˈsaw/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2350 BCE) IPA^(key): /saɾˈsaw/ ; the first vowel has alternatively been reconstructed as /i/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /sajˈsaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəsˈsaw/ , with metathesis; compare the Akkadian transcription in Middle Babylonian 𒄑𒊭𒌑 (⸢is⸣-ša-u₂ /⁠issau⁠/)
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʔəsˈsaw/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sisuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: sisu

Numeral

1. six

Inflection

	masculine	feminine
singular	sjsw	sjst

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sjsw  

sjsw

• 𒄑𒊭𒌑 (⸢is⸣-ša-u₂ /⁠issau⁠/) (14^th century BCE cuneiform)

Derived terms

• sjs (“a type of linen”)

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ⲥⲁⲩ (sau)
• Bohairic Coptic: ⲥⲟⲟⲩ (soou)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲥⲁⲩ (sau)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲥⲁⲩ (sau)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲥⲟⲟⲩ (soou)

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 102.
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN