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Egyptian
Glyph origin
This determinative was originally two separate signs, one with a seated man putting his hand to his mouth as a determinative for eating, and one where the seated manโs hand did not touch the mouth but was depicted palm-outward as a determinative for speech, intellect, and exclamations. Later the latter sign was subsumed by the former. This and other glyphs depicting men conventionally color the skin red; the hair is typically black, and the clothing white (sometimes with black outlines or details).
During the Heracleopolitan Period, confusion of this sign with the seated man
(
๐) resulted in the use of a variant of
with a
standing man putting his hand to his mouth.
Symbol
- Determinative for eating and drinking, as in wnm (โto eatโ), zwr (โto drinkโ), แธฅqr (โto be hungryโ).
- Determinative for speech and exclamations, as in j (โO!; to sayโ), sแธd (โto recountโ), gr (โto be silentโ).
- Determinative for thinking and feeling, as in k๊ฃj (โto planโ), mrj (โto loveโ).
References
- Gardiner, Alan (1957) Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, โISBN, page 442
- Betrรฒ, Maria Carmela (1995) Geroglifici: 580 Segni per Capire l'Antico Egitto, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., โISBN
- Henry George Fischer (1988) Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy: A Beginnerโs Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, โISBN, page 15
