rw

rw

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Translingual

Symbol

rw

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Rwanda-Rundi.

Egyptian

Etymology

Cognate to Proto-Semitic *ʔarway- (wild beast; lion).

Pronunciation

  • (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ruː/
    • Conventional anglicization: ru

Noun

 m

  1. lion
    Synonym: mꜣj

Inflection

Alternative forms

See also

  • 𓃭

References

  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 403.8
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 147
  • Budge, E. A. Wallis (1920), “ru”, in An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, London: J. Murray, page 419

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • (literary) wyf, ydwyf
  • (colloquial) dw, w, (neologism) rydw

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rʊ/

Usage notes

This word is usually found in conjunction with the pronoun i and so forms a diphthong, rw i /rʊi̯/, sometimes spelt rwy.

Verb

rw (not mutable)

  1. (South Wales) first-person singular present affirmative colloquial of bod

Related terms

  • ydw (interrogative)
  • dw, w (negative)

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