dpt

See also: DPT and D.P.T.

Egyptian

FWOTD – 26 March 2014

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼVːput/ → /ˈtʼVːpuʔ/ → /ˈtʼVːpa/ → /ˈtʼVːpə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼVːput/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼVːpuʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼVːpa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼVːpə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: depet

Noun

 f

1. ship, boat
   • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 24–28:

     hꜣ.kw r wꜣḏ-wr m dpt nt št-mḏwtj mḥ m ꜣw.s ḥmw mḥ m sḫw.s št-mḏwtj sqd jm.s m stp n(j) kmt

     I had gone down to the sea in a boat of a hundred twenty cubits in length and forty cubits in breadth, with a hundred twenty sailors in it of the choice of Egypt.

   • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version B1 (pAmherst 1 and pBerlin 3023) lines 221–222:

     […] mj dpt nn sḫry jm.s […]

     […] like a ship without a captain […]

   • c. 1859 BCE – 1800 BCE, The Eloquent Peasant, version B2 (pAmherst 2 and pBerlin 3025) lines 101–103:

     jr sqdd ẖr.f nj sꜣḥ.n.f tꜣ nj mjn.n dpwt.f r dmj.s

     As for him who sails with it, he cannot set foot on land, and his boat cannot moor at its harbor.

Inflection

Declension of dpt (feminine u-stem)

singular	dpt
dual	dptj
plural	dpwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dpt  

dpwt

Etymology 2

From dp (“to taste”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpVt/ → /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/ → /ˈtʼiːpa/ → /ˈtʼiːpə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: depet

Noun

 f

1. taste (sensations produced by the tongue)
   • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) line 23:

     […] ḏd.n.j dpt mwt nn […]

     […] I said “this is the taste of death.” […]

2. (figuratively) experience

Inflection

Declension of dpt (feminine)

singular	dpt
dual	dptj
plural	dpwt

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϯⲡⲓ (tipi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϯⲡⲓ (tipi)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)

Etymology 3

Possibly related to dpt (“taste”); see above.

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: depet

Noun

 f

1. (usually in the dual) a kind of baked goods

Inflection

Declension of dpt (feminine)

singular	dpt
dual	dptj
plural	dpwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dpt  

dpt

[Middle Kingdom]

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpVt/ → /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/ → /ˈtʼiːpa/ → /ˈtʼiːpə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpVt/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/

  where V represents an unknown short vowel.

• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpa/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʼiːpə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛpɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: depet

Noun

 f

1. (originally in medical papyri) an edible doubled body part; conventionally rendered as loins, but possibly also the kidneys

Inflection

Declension of dpt (feminine)

singular	dpt
dual	dptj
plural	dpwt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dpt  

dpt	dpt	dp	dpt
[Late Egyptian]	[Late Egyptian]	[Late Egyptian]	[Greco-Roman Period]

Descendants

• Akhmimic Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
• Bohairic Coptic: ϯⲡⲓ (tipi)
• Fayyumic Coptic: ϯⲡⲓ (tipi)
• Lycopolitan Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)
• Sahidic Coptic: ϯⲡⲉ (tipe)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 444.16–445.9, 445.13–445.16, 446.1–446.16, 447.6–447.11
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 312
• Lesko, Leonard, Lesko, Barbara (2002) A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, second edition, Providence: B.C. Scribe Publications, →ISBN
• Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 55