"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]
Etymology: Uncertain. Takacs (1999) compares it to Proto-Kuliak *dọb (“rhinoceros”). 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, {{cog|ssa-klk-pro|*dọb||rhinoceros}} Proto-Kuliak *dọb (“rhinoceros”) Head templates: {{head|egy|nouns||g=m|g2=|head=<hiero>d-b-E25</hiero>}} d-b-E25 m, {{egy-noun|m|head=d-b-E25}} d-b-E25 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tʼib/ (note: reconstructed), /tʼib/ (note: reconstructed), /tʼeb/ (note: reconstructed), /tʼep/ (note: reconstructed), /tʼib/ (note: Old Egyptian, c. 2350 BCE), /tʼib/ (note: Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE), /tʼeb/ (note: Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE), /tʼep/ (note: Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE), /dɛb/ (note: modern Egyptological) Forms: d-b-db [canonical, masculine], masculine [table-tags]
Etymology: Possibly a doublet of ꜥb (“horn”), according to the Rösslerian school of Egyptian comparison. Head templates: {{head|egy|nouns||g=m|g2=|head=<hiero>d-b-db</hiero>}} d-b-db m, {{egy-noun|m|head=d-b-db}} d-b-db m
  1. horn (of oxen, gazelles, etc.)
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-POALnHG~
  2. tusk
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-tQR21bgP
  3. hollowed-out horn for holding oil, used by Asiatics
    Sense id: en-db-egy-noun-2zyQ5wM- Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Even-toed ungulates Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 2 22 6 16 32 2 18 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 26 9 14 33 4 8 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 32 6 9 41 2 5 2 Disambiguation of Even-toed ungulates: 5 22 6 10 43 4 7 4
  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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "expansion": "Uncertain",
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        "2": "*dọb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "rhinoceros"
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  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Takacs (1999) compares it to Proto-Kuliak *dọb (“rhinoceros”). 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).",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ],
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        ]
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      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
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}

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          "lang": "Coptic",
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          "orig": "egy:Even-toed ungulates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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          "hollow"
        ],
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          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
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          "oil",
          "oil"
        ],
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          "Asiatic",
          "Asiatic"
        ]
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        "horn of the moon"
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      "id": "en-db-egy-noun-JfbE7Xy7",
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          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "date": "18th Dynasty",
          "references": []
        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-db-egy-noun-js5Qls9a",
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          "wing",
          "wing"
        ],
        [
          "flank",
          "flank"
        ],
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) wing or flank of an army"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "Greco-Roman Period",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prick, sting"
      ],
      "id": "en-db-egy-noun-fOxGuPMU",
      "links": [
        [
          "prick",
          "prick"
        ],
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) prick, sting"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼeb/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼep/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʼeb/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʼep/",
      "note": "Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
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      "ipa": "/dɛb/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
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    "Egyptian terms with reconstructed IPA pronunciation",
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        "(by extension) prick, sting"
      ],
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  ],
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      "note": "reconstructed"
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      "ipa": "/tʼib/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʼeb/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
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    },
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      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tʼeb/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/dɛb/",
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for db meaning in Egyptian (4.7kB)

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