F10
head and neck of animalTransliteration
ꜥmꜣmḫḫsꜥmḥtyt
phonogramlogogramdeterminativeother
Meanings
Representing the head and neck of an animal.
phonogramRepresents a sound or phonetic value
1. Phonogram: ꜣm
logogramRepresents a complete word or concept
1. Logogram for ꜥm (“to swallow”).
determinativeClarifies the meaning of other signs
1. Determinative in ḫḫ (“throat”) and words involving activities of the throat, e.g. ꜥm (“to swallow”).
2. Classifier throat associated action
3. Determinative: neck, throat
otherHas a specialized or contextual function
1. The head and neck of a long-necked horned animal, with a forked end to the neck with a horizontal line over the forked end.
