sqbbwj
Egyptian
Etymology
sqbb (“to make cool, to refresh”) + -w + -j.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛkɛbɛbuːi/
- Conventional anglicization: seqebebwi
Noun
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- A room of some kind found in luxurious houses. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Old Kingdom to Middle Kingdom]
- c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 286–287:[1]
- rdj.kw r pr zꜣ-nswt špssw jm.f sqbbwj jm.f ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt […]
- I was put in a prince’s house with finery in it, a room of refreshment in it, and cultic images of the Akhet, […]
- cool room for storing food and drink
- bathroom
Inflection
Declension of sqbbwj (masculine)
| singular | sqqbwj |
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| dual | sqqbwjwj |
| plural | sqqbwjw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sqbbwj
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| sqbbw | sqbbwj | |||||||||||
| [Old Kingdom] | [Old Kingdom] |
References
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 116
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 249
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 305.12
- Allen, James (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147–148