mdw

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) spoken word
 * 2) words, speech, things said
 * 3) words, text, things written
 * 4) command, order, instruction
 * 5) magic word, spell
 * 6)  plea
 * 1)  plea

Usage notes
This word was displaced by from Late Egyptian on, though in some cases the replacement may have been purely graphic.

Unlike most u-stems, the noun-forming suffix was usually written in.

Alternative forms
The word may be written without determinatives, or with any of the following:

Noun

 * 1) staff, rod
 * 2) staff as a weapon
 * 3) staff as a kind of scepter, staff of authority, baton; also given as a grave good
 * 4) sacred staff with the head of a god, revered as a symbol of a particular god or nome
 * 5)  custodian, attendant, maintainer