nhw

 m

1. need, lack, deficiency
2. deficiency incurred, loss
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE , Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 7–8:

     iz w&&t A1 Z2ss T
     n
     Z2 ii i t
     D54 aD
     d t
     Y2 D35
     n n
     h w nDs
     n mSa A1 Z2ss n
     Z2

     jzwt.n jj.t(j) ꜥd.t(j) nn nhw n mšꜥ.n

     Our crew has returned intact, without loss to our expedition.

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 60, 121 .

• nhwy (obsolete)

From Middle Welsh -nt ("3rd person plural verb ending") + hwy ("they"), related to Breton i ("they"), Cornish i ("they").

• (standard) IPA ^(key): /n̥uː/
  • (colloquial ) IPA ^(key): /nuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

• Only pronounced /n̥uː/ in very careful speech; the usual pronunciation is /nuː/.

nhw

1. they, them

• hwy (literary)