M8

M8

𓆷
M·Trees and plants

Transliteration

šꜣBiliteralphonogram𓈙LogogramꜣḫtAkhetAxtSAS
phonogramlogogramother

Shape tags

Meanings

Representing a pool with lotus flowers. The phonogrammatic value derives by the rebus principle from the glyph’s use as a logogram for šꜣ (“field, countryside, swamp”).

1
phonogram

Biliteral phonogram for šꜣ.

Represents a sound or phonetic value

2
phonogram

Group-writing phonogram for š; compare uniliteral 𓈙 (Gardiner number: N37).

Represents a sound or phonetic value

3
logogram

Logogram for šꜣ (“field, countryside, swamp”).

Represents a complete word or concept

4
logogram

Logogram for ꜣḫt (“Akhet, inundation season”).

Represents a complete word or concept

5
other

Phonemogram

Has a specialized or contextual function

6
other

A pool with lotus flowers, consisting of three flowers and two buds.

Has a specialized or contextual function

7
logogram

Logogram: SA — land,pool

Represents a complete word or concept

8
logogram

Logogram: Axt — Season of Inundation

Represents a complete word or concept

9
phonogram

Phonogram: SA

Represents a sound or phonetic value

10
phonogram

Phonogram: S

Represents a sound or phonetic value

Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus

𓅱𓂧𓍡 𓅓 𓆷

wd m šꜣ

Das Staken im Sumpfland.

2494 BCE – 2345 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓈟𓏏 𓆑 𓆷𓆑𓏏𓈎

ḥm.t =f šꜣf.t

Seine Frau Schafet.

2345 BCE – 2181 BCEearlier Egyptian

𓆷𓄿𓊃𓂻 𓊪𓏲 𓁹𓈖 𓋴

šꜣs pw ꞽri̯.n =s

Gehen war es, was sie tat.

1580 BCE – 1539 BCEearlier Egyptian

Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.