ꜥff
Egyptian
editEtymology
editAccording to the Rösslerian school of Egyptian comparison, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ðuṗṗ,[1] and so cognate to Hebrew זבוב.
Pronunciation
edit- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈʕuffVj/ → /ˈʕuffVj/ → /ˈʕuffə/ → /ˈʕøff/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɑːfɛf/
- Conventional anglicization: afef
Noun
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- fly (insect)
Inflection
editAlternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥff
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN