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English

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Verb

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wnt

  1. (text messaging) want

Anagrams

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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From the terminative of wnn (to exist).

Verb

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wn
n
t
  1. terminative of wnn

Particle

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wn
n
t

 proclitic

  1. serves as a complementizer to convert a verbal or nonverbal sentence with realis mood into a subordinated noun clause; that
Usage notes
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When followed by a clause with a pronominal subject and adverbial predicate, the subject takes the form of a suffix pronoun attached to wnt.

Subordinate complement clauses are typically unmarked if their mood is irrealis and marked with ntt, wnt, or jwt only if modally realis.

Alternative forms
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Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Particle

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wn
n
t

 enclitic

  1. Alternative form of wnnt (truly, indeed)

References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 184, 193, 198, 317.
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  • Uljas, Sami (2007) The Modal System of Earlier Egyptian Complement Clauses: A Study in Pragmatics in a Dead Language