"db" meaning in Egyptian

See db in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɛb/ (note: modern Egyptological) Forms: d-b-E25 [canonical, masculine], masculine [table-tags], db [singular], dbwj [dual], dbw [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly related to db (“horn, tusk”); compare the possible relation between ḫꜣb (“hippopotamus”) and ḫꜣb (“to be bent”) (in reference to the animal’s tusks). Etymology templates: {{unc|egy}} Uncertain Head templates: {{head|egy|nouns|head=<hiero>d-b-E25</hiero>}} d-b-E25, {{egy-noun|m|head=<hiero>d-b-E25</hiero>}} d-b-E25 m Inflection templates: {{egy-decl-noun|db|g=m}}
  1. hippopotamus
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-2zX7RdHr
  2. skin or fat of the hippopotamus, used medicinally
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-VWrZDCur Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 1 20 22 9 26 1 7 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: i-d-b-E25, d-b-i-E25, d-i-b-E25, E25, jdb, dbj, djb, [Old Kingdom], [since the Middle Kingdom], [Greco-Roman Period], abbreviation

Noun

IPA: /tʼib/ (note: reconstructed), /tʼib/ (note: reconstructed), /tʼeb/ (note: reconstructed), /tʼep/ (note: reconstructed), /tʼib/ (note: Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE), /tʼib/ (note: Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE), /tʼeb/ (note: Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE), /tʼep/ (note: latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE), /dɛb/ (note: modern Egyptological) Forms: d-b-db [canonical, masculine], masculine [table-tags], db [singular], dbwj [dual], dbw [plural]
Etymology: Possibly a doublet of ꜥb (“horn”), according to the Rösslerian school of Egyptian comparison. Head templates: {{head|egy|nouns|head=<hiero>d-b-db</hiero>}} d-b-db, {{egy-noun|m|head=<hiero>d-b-db</hiero>}} d-b-db m Inflection templates: {{egy-decl-noun|db|g=m}}
  1. horn (of oxen, gazelles, etc.)
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-POALnHG~ Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 1 20 22 9 26 1 7 15
  2. tusk
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-tQR21bgP
  3. hollowed-out horn for holding oil, used by Asiatics Categories (lifeform): Even-toed ungulates
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-2zyQ5wM- Disambiguation of Even-toed ungulates: 3 18 19 7 34 2 5 12 Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 1 20 22 9 26 1 7 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 21 20 8 28 2 5 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 23 25 5 31 1 3 9
  4. horn of the moon
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-JfbE7Xy7
  5. (by extension) wing or flank of an army Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-js5Qls9a
  6. (by extension) prick, sting Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-fOxGuPMU Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 1 20 22 9 26 1 7 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abbreviation, db:Z1, rare
Etymology number: 2
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          "hold",
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          "oil",
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          "army",
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        ]
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        "(by extension) prick, sting"
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      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
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      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʼeb/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
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      "ipa": "/tʼep/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
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      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
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      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
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      "links": [
        [
          "prick",
          "prick"
        ],
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) prick, sting"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼeb/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼep/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼeb/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼep/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɛb/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "db:Z1"
    },
    {
      "word": "abbreviation"
    },
    {
      "word": "rare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "db"
}

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