A2
𓀁Transliteration
Shape tags
Variants (1)
Meanings
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 man’s 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 A1 (𓀀) resulted in the use of a variant of A2 with a standing man putting his hand to his mouth.
Determinative for eating and drinking, as in wnm (“to eat”), zwr (“to drink”), ḥqr (“to be hungry”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative for speech and exclamations, as in j (“O!; to say”), sḏd (“to recount”), gr (“to be silent”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative for thinking and feeling, as in kꜣj (“to plan”), mrj (“to love”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Classifier eating/drinking/speech/ silence/thoughts/feelings
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Man, seated, right knee raised, right arm raised with hand to mouth, left arm hanging beside the body.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Determinative: Eat and drink
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative: Speak, think, feel
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative: J — O (vocative interjection)
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓏶𓅓𓀁
wnm
"Iss,
𓇉𓄿𓎼𓀁
ḥꜣg
Freue dich!
𓅓 𓎼𓂋𓀁
m gr
Schweige nicht!
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- A2
- Unicode
- U+13001
- Category
- A
- Meanings
- 8
- Transliterations
- 8
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
