kꜣpt

kꜣpt

Egyptian

Etymology

kꜣp (“to cense”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʀpat/ → /ˈkaʀpaʔ/ → /ˈkaːpaʔ/ → /ˈkoːpə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʀpat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʀpaʔ/
• (Medio-Late Egyptian, c. 1350 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːpaʔ/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 B.C.E.) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːpə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: kapet

Noun

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1. incense

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: κῦφι (kûphi), κοῖφῐ (koîphi)
  • → Latin: cȳphi, cȳfi, quīfi
    • >? Catalan: xufa, xufla
    • >? Spanish: chufa
      • → English: chufa

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 104.1–104.2