mꜥkꜣ

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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Suggested to be connected with kꜣj (to plan, to think), but this remains questionable.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ma
k
AD40

 4-lit.

  1. (intransitive) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 28–30:
      U2
      ir
      Asn
      Z2
      p
      t
      pt
      U2
      ir
      Asn
      Z2
      tA
      N23 Z1
      ma
      k
      Aa
      ib Z1
      sn
      Z2
      rU2
      ir
      AwF27
      Z2
      mꜣ.sn pt mꜣ.sn tꜣ mꜥkꜣ jb.sn r mꜣ(j)w
      (Whether) they saw sky or they saw land, their minds were more observant than lions.
    1. to be(come) observant or attentive
    2. to be(come) brave

Inflection

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References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 84.
  • Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 16
  • Graefe, Erhart (2013) “mkꜣ
    ma
    k
    AD40
    H_SPACE
    „aufmerksam sein“, „erkennen“ und der ramessidische Gebetsanruf mkꜣ.tw ḫft sḏm.tw” in Decorum and Experience: Essays in Ancient Culture for John Baines, Oxford, pages 43–46.