"tpj" meaning in Egyptian

See tpj in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /taˈpij/ (note: reconstructed), /taˈpij/ (note: reconstructed), /təˈpej/ (note: reconstructed), /təˈpej/ (note: reconstructed), /taˈpij/ (note: Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE), /taˈpij/ (note: Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE), /təˈpej/ (note: Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE), /təˈpej/ (note: latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE), /tɛpi/ (note: modern Egyptological)
Etymology: From tp (“atop”) + -j (“nisba ending”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|egy|tp|-j|gloss1=atop|gloss2=nisba ending}} tp (“atop”) + -j (“nisba ending”) Head templates: {{head|egy|adjectives|head=<hiero>tp:p*y</hiero>}} tp:p*y, {{egy-adj|head=<hiero>tp:p*y</hiero>}} tp:p*y Forms: tp:p*y [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], tpj [masculine, singular], tpt [feminine, singular], tpjwj [dual, masculine], tpwj [dual, masculine], tptj [dual, feminine], tpjw [masculine, plural], tpw [masculine, plural], tpwt [feminine, plural], tpt [feminine, plural]
  1. being on top of, standing atop
    Sense id: en-tpj-egy-adj-1WjjGEAI Categories (other): Egyptian entries with incorrect language header, Egyptian terms suffixed with -j Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 50 40 8 1 Disambiguation of Egyptian terms suffixed with -j: 47 49 2 2
  2. (Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) first Tags: Middle-Egyptian, Old-Egyptian Synonyms: ḥꜣtj [Late-Egyptian]
    Sense id: en-tpj-egy-adj-p5N7ZLjK Categories (other): Egyptian ordinal numbers, Middle Egyptian, Old Egyptian, Egyptian entries with incorrect language header, Egyptian terms suffixed with -j Disambiguation of Egyptian entries with incorrect language header: 50 40 8 1 Disambiguation of Egyptian terms suffixed with -j: 47 49 2 2
  3. chief, head, main
    Sense id: en-tpj-egy-adj-kPE-4MGE
  4. best
    Sense id: en-tpj-egy-adj-j0N17GXC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ḥm-nṯr-tpj, zp tpj, tpj-ḏw.f, tp-rnpt, tpt 
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ḥm-nṯr-tpj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zp tpj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tpj-ḏw.f"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tp-rnpt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tpt"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop-old",
            "2": "ⲧⲃⲁⲓ-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Coptic: ⲧⲃⲁⲓ- (tbai-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Coptic: ⲧⲃⲁⲓ- (tbai-)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "tp",
        "3": "-j",
        "gloss1": "atop",
        "gloss2": "nisba ending"
      },
      "expansion": "tp (“atop”) + -j (“nisba ending”)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tp (“atop”) + -j (“nisba ending”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tp:p*y",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egy-table entry",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpjwj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpwj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tptj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpjw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpwt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "adjectives",
        "head": "<hiero>tp:p*y</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "tp:p*y",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "<hiero>tp:p*y</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "tp:p*y",
      "name": "egy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 40 8 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 49 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian terms suffixed with -j",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "being on top of, standing atop"
      ],
      "id": "en-tpj-egy-adj-1WjjGEAI",
      "links": [
        [
          "on top of",
          "on top of"
        ],
        [
          "stand",
          "stand"
        ],
        [
          "atop",
          "atop"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian ordinal numbers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Egyptian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Egyptian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 40 8 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 49 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian terms suffixed with -j",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first"
      ],
      "id": "en-tpj-egy-adj-p5N7ZLjK",
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) first"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Late-Egyptian"
          ],
          "word": "ḥꜣtj"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Egyptian",
        "Old-Egyptian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chief, head, main"
      ],
      "id": "en-tpj-egy-adj-kPE-4MGE",
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "main",
          "main"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "best"
      ],
      "id": "en-tpj-egy-adj-j0N17GXC",
      "links": [
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpij/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpij/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈpej/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈpej/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpij/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpij/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈpej/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈpej/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛpi/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tpj"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Egyptian adjectives",
    "Egyptian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Egyptian lemmas",
    "Egyptian nisba adjectives",
    "Egyptian terms suffixed with -j",
    "Egyptian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ḥm-nṯr-tpj"
    },
    {
      "word": "zp tpj"
    },
    {
      "word": "tpj-ḏw.f"
    },
    {
      "word": "tp-rnpt"
    },
    {
      "word": "tpt"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop-old",
            "2": "ⲧⲃⲁⲓ-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Coptic: ⲧⲃⲁⲓ- (tbai-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Coptic: ⲧⲃⲁⲓ- (tbai-)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "tp",
        "3": "-j",
        "gloss1": "atop",
        "gloss2": "nisba ending"
      },
      "expansion": "tp (“atop”) + -j (“nisba ending”)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From tp (“atop”) + -j (“nisba ending”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tp:p*y",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egy-table entry",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpjwj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpwj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tptj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpjw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpw",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpwt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tpt",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "adjectives",
        "head": "<hiero>tp:p*y</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "tp:p*y",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "<hiero>tp:p*y</hiero>"
      },
      "expansion": "tp:p*y",
      "name": "egy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian",
  "lang_code": "egy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "being on top of, standing atop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on top of",
          "on top of"
        ],
        [
          "stand",
          "stand"
        ],
        [
          "atop",
          "atop"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Egyptian ordinal numbers",
        "Middle Egyptian",
        "Old Egyptian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian) first"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Late-Egyptian"
          ],
          "word": "ḥꜣtj"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Egyptian",
        "Old-Egyptian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chief, head, main"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "main",
          "main"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "best"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpij/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpij/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈpej/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈpej/",
      "note": "reconstructed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpij/",
      "note": "Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈpij/",
      "note": "Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈpej/",
      "note": "Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/təˈpej/",
      "note": "latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɛpi/",
      "note": "modern Egyptological"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tpj"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'tp:p*y' in 'tp:p*y'",
  "path": [
    "tpj"
  ],
  "section": "Egyptian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "tpj",
  "trace": ""
}

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