sqbbwj

Egyptian

Etymology

sqbb (“to make cool, to refresh”) +‎ -w +‎ -j.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛkɛbɛbuːi/
  • Conventional anglicization: seqebebwi

Noun

 m

1. A room of some kind found in luxurious houses. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: [Old Kingdom to Middle Kingdom]
   • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 286–287:

     rdj.kw r pr zꜣ-nswt špssw jm.f sqbbwj jm.f ꜥẖmw nw ꜣḫt […]

     I was put in a prince’s house with finery in it, a room of refreshment in it, and cultic images of the Akhet, […]

   1. cool room for storing food and drink
   2. bathroom

Inflection

Declension of sqbbwj (masculine)

singular	sqqbwj
dual	sqqbwjwj
plural	sqqbwjw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of sqbbwj  

sqbbw	sqbbwj
[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]

References

• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 116
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 249
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 305.12