ꜣḫf

ꜣḫf

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑxɛf/
  • Conventional anglicization: akhef

Noun

 m

1. (hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. burning appetite
      • c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.7–1.8:

        jr ḥms.k ḥnꜥ ꜣfꜥ wn(m).k ꜣḫf.f swꜣ(.w)

        If you sit with a glutton, you should eat when his burning appetite has passed.

Derived terms

• ꜣḫfḫf

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 19.4
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5
• Gardiner, Alan (1946) “Instruction Addressed to Kagemni and His Brethren” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 32, page 73, note 6