Determinative
A determinatives are ideograms that have no phonetic value. They are not pronounced, nor translated, but serves to indicate the general idea of the word. It can be one or more glyphs towards or at the end of a word. Basically it serves as description glyph for the word.
Example: the word Ankh can mean many things not just life. It is the determinative glyph with in the word that dictates what the word actually means.
𓋹𓈖𓐍 /anx/ ankh=life
(Here we have the Tri ideogram /anx/ fallowed by /n/ and /x/ The word is spelled out and it stands for life)
𓋹𓏺 /anx/ ankh= sandal strap (*sorry newagers the ankh symbol is just a sandal strap that also stood for a mirror shape.)
(Here we have the Tri ideogram /anx/ fallowed by the single stroke indicating this word is the meaning of the glyph in front of the stroke. The Ankh glyph is indeed a sandal strap and so with the addition of the single stroke it tells us it's meaning is sandal strap exactly what the first glyph is.
𓋹𓈖𓐍 𓀁 /anx/ ankh= Oath, or to swear
(Here we have the Tri ideogram /anx/ fallowed by /n/ and /x/, fallowed by a determinative of a man pointing to his mouth. This is an action that tells us a person is doing something with his mouth or head. In this case he is making an oath with his mouth.)
𓋹𓏺𓈔 /anx/ ankh= mirror
(Here we have the Tri ideogram /anx/ fallowed by the single stroke then fallowed by a determinative that is of copper or bronze glyph, indicating this word means mirror)
*it should be noted sometimes determinatives can also have a phonetic value as well. But for the sake of this particular page I will just label what they stand for.
Example: the word Ankh can mean many things not just life. It is the determinative glyph with in the word that dictates what the word actually means.
𓋹𓈖𓐍 /anx/ ankh=life
(Here we have the Tri ideogram /anx/ fallowed by /n/ and /x/ The word is spelled out and it stands for life)
𓋹𓏺 /anx/ ankh= sandal strap (*sorry newagers the ankh symbol is just a sandal strap that also stood for a mirror shape.)
(Here we have the Tri ideogram /anx/ fallowed by the single stroke indicating this word is the meaning of the glyph in front of the stroke. The Ankh glyph is indeed a sandal strap and so with the addition of the single stroke it tells us it's meaning is sandal strap exactly what the first glyph is.
𓋹𓈖𓐍 𓀁 /anx/ ankh= Oath, or to swear
(Here we have the Tri ideogram /anx/ fallowed by /n/ and /x/, fallowed by a determinative of a man pointing to his mouth. This is an action that tells us a person is doing something with his mouth or head. In this case he is making an oath with his mouth.)
𓋹𓏺𓈔 /anx/ ankh= mirror
(Here we have the Tri ideogram /anx/ fallowed by the single stroke then fallowed by a determinative that is of copper or bronze glyph, indicating this word means mirror)
*it should be noted sometimes determinatives can also have a phonetic value as well. But for the sake of this particular page I will just label what they stand for.
Some widely used determinatives to familiarize yourself with.
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A people
𓀀 man, person 𓁐 women 𓀀𓁐𓏥 people, mankind, Egyptians 𓀔 young, child 𓆘, 𓆗, 𓆇 goddess 𓀭, 𓅆 god, king (living god on earth) 𓀯, 𓀰 king 𓆗 queen 𓀻, 𓀼,𓀽 exulted person, dead 𓀙 offical 𓀃,𓀢 praying, praise, supplication 𓀠 rejoice, support 𓀋 carrying, lift 𓀁 eating, drinking, feel, speak, thoughts, 𓀉 week, down,weary 𓀗 old man 𓀜 strike, effort, force, violence 𓀏 foreigner, enemy, rebel 𓀐 enemy, death 𓁀,𓀿 dead, lying down, bury 𓀾 mummy, form, likeness |
D body parts
𓁶 head 'body part' 'something to do with the head' 𓁸 hair, mourn 𓁹 eye, see, watch 𓁺 condition of the eye 𓂉, 𓂊 smell, nose, joy, contempt 𓂜 not, 'negation' 𓂠 offer, present 𓂡 strike, effort, force, violence 𓂝 arm, hand, forearm, condition, state, region 𓂢 arm, action with arm 𓂧 hand, palm, act with a hand 𓂬 seixe, grasp, attck 𓂭 finger, toe, thumb 'diget' 𓂷 finger, tow, claw, nail, 'something done with the finger' 𓂘 'act of arms', embracing 𓃀 place 𓂾 foot, leg, 'act of foot' 𓂻 'act of walking', action 𓂽 'act of turning around' 𓂸 phallus, 'something to do with seed or sexual' measure, ancestory 𓂺 phallus emission, beget, 'in the presence of' 𓐎 tumors, odor, disease |
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G animals
𓅭 bird, insect 𓅪 small, weak, 'something that is bad', 'bad/poor body function' 𓆙 snake, worm F animal body parts
𓄹 limb, flesh 𓄑 bone, tooth, 'actions of teeth' 𓄓 tongue 'act of tongue' 𓄔 ear, 'act of an ear' 'body part' ear shape 𓆃 wing, 'to fly' 𓄛 skin, mammal M nature
𓆰 plant, flower 𓆭 tree 𓇭 vineyard, vine, fruit, garden 𓆱 wood, tree 𓇠 grain 𓈒 seed N sky, earth, water
𓈇 irrigated land 𓇯 sky, heaven, above 𓇳 sun, light, time 𓇰 night, darkness 𓇼 star 𓈔 copper, bronze 𓈓 sand, minerals, pellets 𓈗 water, liquid, actions connected with water 𓈘 sheet of water 𓈅 land 𓈐 road, travel, position 𓈉 hill country, desert, foreign land O buildings and parts of buildings
𓊌 stone 𓊖 town, village, Egypt 𓉐 house, building P ships and parts of ships 𓊡 air, wind, sail |
Q domestic, funerary and furniture
𓊮 fire, heat, cook 𓉿 door, open 𓊭 box, coffin 𓎅 shrine, mat S crowns, dress, staves, etc. 𓋳 clothe, linen T warfare, hunting, butchery 𓌙 throw stick, foreign 𓌪 knife, cut U agriculture, craft and professions 𓌽 grain 𓌻 hoe, cultivate, cut up V rope, fiber, baskets, bags, etc. 𓍼 bind, documented V rope, fiber, baskets, bags, etc. 𓍼 bind, documented W vessels of stone and earthware 𓏊 pot, vessel, beverages 𓏋 vessel, anoint 𓎱 festival X loaves and cakes 𓏐 bread, cake 𓏒, 𓏔 loaf, cake, offering Y writing, games, music 𓏛 abstract, book, writing Z strokes, geometrical figures, etc. 𓏺 one, the object it is under 𓏥, 𓏪, 𓈓 , plural 𓏯 substitute for a glyph 𓏲 rope, actions with rope or cord 𓏴 break, divide, cross |
