ḫꜣb

== Egyptian == === Pronunciation === (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɑb/ Conventional anglicization: khab === Etymology 1 === According to one suggestion, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḫab- (compare Akkadian 𒀖𒀠 (/⁠upātum, ubātum⁠/, “pregnant or fat cow”)). However, an internal origin has also been proposed, from ḫꜣb (“to be bent”) in reference to the animal’s bent tusks; compare the relation between db (“hippopotamus”) and db (“horn, tusk”). ==== Noun ==== m hippopotamus ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== (intransitive) to be(come) bent, to bend ===== Inflection ===== === References === Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 184 Wilson, Penelope (1991), A Lexicographical Study of the Ptolemaic Texts in the Temple of Edfu‎[1], Liverpool: University of Liverpool, page 2084