ḫꜣb

See also: hꜣb

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ḫab- (compare Akkadian 𒀖𒀠 (/upātum, ubātum/, “pregnant or fat cow”)).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɑb/
- Conventional anglicization: khab

Noun

m

hippopotamus

Inflection

Declension of ḫꜣb (masculine)

singular	ḫꜣb
dual	ḫꜣbwj
plural	ḫꜣbw

References

Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

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