ꜥnb

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps a noun of instrument from the verb ꜥnb (“to close, to twine around”), as proposed by Osing; however, the meaning of this verb is not entirely clear.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ʕVˈnaːbVw/ → /ʕaˈnaːbə/ → /ʕaˈnoːβ(ə)/

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕVˈnaːbVw/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕaˈnaːbə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ʕaˈnoːβ(ə)/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɑːnɛb/
  • Conventional anglicization: aneb

Noun

 m

1. Egyptian halfa grass, salt reedgrass (Desmostachya bipinnata) [New Kingdom]

Usage notes

Formerly sometimes identified as a different plant known as halfa grass, Stipa tenacissima, which is, however, native to western North Africa and not Egypt.

Inflection

Declension of ꜥnb (masculine)

singular	ꜥnb
dual	ꜥnbwj
plural	ꜥnbw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ꜥnb  

ꜥnb	ꜥnbw	ꜥnbw
[18th Dynasty]	[19th Dynasty]	[19th Dynasty]

Descendants

• Old Coptic: ἀνουφί

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 192.1–192.2
• Helck, Wolfgang, Westendorf, Wolfhart (1977) “Gräser”, in Lexikon der Ägyptologie, volumes 2: Erntefest – Hordjedef, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 879