Meanings
Representing a woman breastfeeding a child in the usual posture (seated on the ground). Simplified version: ( ).
phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value
1. Phonogram: mnat
determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs
1. Determinative for nursing or breastfeeding, as in mnꜥ (“to nurse, to suckle”), mnꜥt (“wet nurse”).
2. Classifier nursing, rearing
3. Determinative: nurse
otherHas a specialized or contextual function
1. Woman, seated, both knees down, nursing a child, seated on her lap, left arm forward, hand over the chest of the woman, right arm hanging beside the body; right arm forward, embracing/holding the child, left arm over the chest.
Words Using This Glyph
mni͗VERB
nurse
rnnNOUN
youth
rnntNOUN
fortune, destiny, riches
mnꜥtNOUN
Nurse, Guardian
ꜣṯytNOUN
Nurse, Nanny
