nw

Pronoun

 * 1)  this, that
 * 2)  O vocative reference

Usage notes
This demonstrative is a pronoun, and so does not directly modify nouns. In Middle Egyptian it becomes used as a demonstrative for plural nouns in place of the old adjectives and  and comes to serve as a plural definite article. When used in this way, it precedes the noun, with the genitival adjective in between, e.g. "these feet" is  (literally "this of feet").

In Old Egyptian it forms a contrastive pair with the demonstrative pronoun, in which is proximal.

Noun

 * 1) (moment of) time

Verb

 * 1)  to hunt
 * 1)  to hunt