pwy
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Etymology
Derived from pw.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /puːiː/
- Conventional anglicization: puy
Determiner
m sg copular/vocative demonstrative determiner
- (Middle Egyptian) this is…
- (Middle Egyptian) O (vocative reference)
Usage notes
This demonstrative was always a determiner and could not stand alone as a pronoun. It follows the noun it describes.
Inflection
| 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 |
| ||||||||
Old Egyptian demonstratives
Middle Egyptian demonstratives
| 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 | ||||
| ||||||
Late Egyptian demonstratives and articles
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of pwy
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 55.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
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Etymology
From Old Welsh pui, from Proto-Brythonic *puɨ, from Proto-Celtic *kʷei, (compare Breton piv, Cornish piw, Old Irish cía), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /puːɨ̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /pʊ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pʊi̯/
- Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯
Pronoun
pwy m
- (interrogative) who
- Pwy yw e? ― Who is he?
Derived terms
- pwy bynnag (“whoever”)
- ta pwy (“whoever”)
Determiner
pwy
- (South Wales) (colloquial) which
- Synonym: pa
- Pwy un yw e? ― Which one is he/it?
- (South Wales) (colloquial) a certain, the other
- Synonym: pa
- Weles i fe pwy ddiwrnod. ― I saw him/it the other day.
Related terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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