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phonetic determinative

noun

Etymology

The Egyptological sense was apparently coined by Alan Gardiner in his 1927–1957 Egyptian Grammar.

Definitions

  1. a type of hieroglyph that functions similarly to a phonogram, representing a series of…

    a type of hieroglyph that functions similarly to a phonogram, representing a series of consonants, but is unable to function autonomously and must follow other phonograms that together represent the same consonants

    • It is difficult to know whether the boat hieroglyph was merely intended as an ideogram, or as a phonetic determinative for the verb ḫd, ‘to fare downstream’.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see phonetic, determinative.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for phonetic determinative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA