Egyptian [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Has been compared with Proto-Central Chadic *ḫway- ( “ stomach, belly, intestines ” ) , which would imply a tentative Proto-Afroasiatic *ḫVwVy- ( “ stomach ” ) .[1]
Pronunciation [ edit ] f
abdomen , belly
c. BCE BCE ,
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 136–138:
wn.k(w) r.f dmꜣ.kw ḥr ẖt .j dmj.n.j zꜣtw m bꜣḥ.f At that I was stretched out on my belly , having touched the ground before him. ( figuratively ) desire for food , hunger , gluttony
c. BCE ,
The Instructions of Kagemni (
pPrisse /pBN 183) lines 1.6–1.7:
ẖz pw ḥnt n ẖt .f swꜣ tr smḫ nf wstn ẖt m pr.sn He who is greedy for the sake of his belly when the time has passed is a wretch: those forget one whose belly roamed free in their house. location of mind and life-force
body womb
( by extension ) birth child , progeny inner section of a building
copy or summary of a document
matter , stuff , material Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of ẖt (feminine)
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖt
Derived terms [ edit ] Descendants [ edit ] f
group of people or (especially) gods (cf. English: "a body of people")generation Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of ẖt (feminine)
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ẖt
Derived terms [ edit ] f
building material Inflection [ edit ]
Declension of ẖt (feminine)
References [ edit ]
^ Orel, Vladimir E. ; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18)[1] ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN page 41
