B2

B2

pregnant woman

Transliteration

i͗wr8bkꜣ
phonogramdeterminativeother

Variants (1)

Meanings

Representing a seated pregnant woman with possibly a ritual knot or tie in her hair that may symbolise tightness that is to be released during labor.

phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value

1. Phonogram: bkꜣ

determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs

1. Determinative for pregnancy, as in jwr (“to conceive”), bkꜣ (“to be(come) pregnant”).

2. Classifier pregnant

3. Determinative: pregnant

otherHas a specialized or contextual function

1. Woman, pregnant, seated, both knees down, with a band of cloth around the head, right arm forward, angling down towards the knee, left arm hanging beside the body.