kꜣp

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (verb): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ˈkaːʀap//ˈkaːʀap//ˈkaːʔəp//ˈkoːʔəp/

Noun


 m

  1. shelter
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 41–45:















      jr.n.j ḫmtw hrw wꜥ.kw jb.j m snnw.j sḏr.kw m ẖnw n(j) kꜣp n(j) ḫt qnj.n.j šwyt
      I spent three days alone, my heart my only companion (literally, “my second”), lying inside a shelter of wood, having embraced the shadows.
Inflection

Verb


 3-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to hide, to shelter, to take cover [since the 19th Dynasty]
  2. (transitive) to put a roof on
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Descendants
  • Sahidic Coptic: ⲕⲱⲡ (kōp)

Pronunciation

Verb


 3-lit.

  1. (transitive) to cense, to fumigate [since the Pyramid Texts]
    • c. 1800 BCE, Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus (UC 32057), page 1, line 3–4:












      jr.ḫr.k r.s kꜣp sj ḥr snṯr ḥr mrḥt mꜣt kꜣp kꜣt.s ḥr.s
      You should treat it by fumigating her with incense and fresh oil, fumigating her vulva with it.
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