Meanings
Representing a woman breastfeeding a child in the usual posture (seated on the ground). Simplified version: 𓁕 ( ).
Determinative for nursing or breastfeeding, as in mnꜥ (“to nurse, to suckle”), mnꜥt (“wet nurse”).
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Classifier nursing, rearing
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Woman, seated, both knees down, nursing a child, seated on her lap, left arm forward, hand over the chest of the woman, right arm hanging beside the body; right arm forward, embracing/holding the child, left arm over the chest.
Has a specialized or contextual function
Determinative: Nurse
Clarifies the meaning of other signs
Attested Examplesfrom the TLA corpus
𓉐𓂋𓏏 𓏠𓈖𓂝𓏏𓁔𓁔𓁔 𓂋 𓁷𓁶𓊪 𓅓𓆱𓏏 𓃹𓈖𓈖 𓅓 𓎔𓏏𓇉
prꞽ.t mnꜥ.t.PL r ḥr-tp m-ḫt wnn m mḥ.t
Das Herausgehen der Milchkühe zum Oberland nach dem in den Marschen Sein.
Source: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0) — translations in German.
Quick Info
- Gardiner Code
- B5
- Unicode
- U+13054
- Category
- B
- Meanings
- 4
- Transliterations
- 4
- Source
- both
- Text examples
- 1
