G38
𓅬Transliteration
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Meanings
Representing a waterfowl of uncertain species, likely the same as that referred to by the word ꜣpd in its stricter sense, or perhaps simply an abstraction intended to represent a prototypical waterfowl (and therefore bird). Gardiner considered it the white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons), but only one existing example of this hieroglyph shows details that certainly establish it to be of this species, so this may be attributable to an idiosyncrasy of a particular scribe. Other authors instead argue that the glyph is a duck on the basis of Faulkner’s arguments regarding the original meaning of ꜣpd. The phonetic value of gb is derived by the rebus principle from its use as the determinative for a kind of goose, gbb.
Biliteral phonogram for gb.
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Logogram for ꜣpd (“bird”).
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative for kinds of waterfowl, as in ꜣpd, rꜣ, ṯrp, gbb.
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative for birds and insects in general.
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Phonetic determinative in various verbs: wfꜣ (“to discuss”), wzf (“to be(come) idle”), wdfj (“to be(come) late”), ḥtm (“to perish”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Phonemogram
Has a specialized or contextual function
A greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
Has a specialized or contextual function
Logogram: Gb — white-fronted goose
Represents a complete word or concept
Determinative: Goose
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Determinative: (any) bird, flying insect
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Phonogram: Gb
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Phonogram: WfA
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Phonogram: Wsf
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Phonogram: Wdf
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Phonogram: Htm
Represents a sound or phonetic value
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓌸 𓅬 𓅟
mrḥ(.t) ꜣpd dšr
Rote Salbe (lit: rotes Vogelfett)
𓉔𓄿 𓅬𓃀
hꜣ gbb
O Geb!
𓏌𓎡 𓅬𓃀
ꞽnk gbb
Ich bin Geb.
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- G38
- Unicode
- U+1316C
- Category
- G
- Meanings
- 15
- Transliterations
- 17
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 3
