kꜣpt

Egyptian

Etymology

kꜣp (“to cense”) +‎ -t (feminine ending).

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʀpat/ → /ˈkaʀpaʔ/ → /ˈkaːpa/ → /ˈkoːpə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʀpat/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʀpaʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːpa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːpə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /kɑpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: kapet

Noun

 f

1. incense

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: κῦφι (kûphi), κοῖφῐ (koîphi)
  • → Latin: cȳphi, cȳfi, quīfi (manuscript variants)
    • >? Catalan: xufla, xufa
    • >? Spanish: chufa
      • → English: chufa

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 104.1–104.2