bꜣkw

Egyptian

Etymology

bꜣk (“to work, to render service, to pay taxes”) +‎ -w.

Pronunciation

(reconstructed) IPA^(key): /baʀˈkuw/ → /baʀˈkuw/ → /bəˈkuʔ/ → /bəˈkøʔ/

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɑkuː/
- Conventional anglicization: baku

Noun

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work, labor, especially hard manual labor [since the Middle Kingdom]
work, product, result of a task [since the New Kingdom]
execution or implementation of a design [18th Dynasty]
taxes [since the Middle Kingdom]
tribute (payment made in submission)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bꜣkw

H_SPACE

bꜣkw

Descendants

Demotic: ⁠ (bk)
- Akhmimic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲕⲉ (beke)
- Bohairic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲭⲉ (bekhe)
- Fayyumic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲕⲏ (bekē)
- Lycopolitan Coptic: ⲃⲉⲕⲉ (beke)
- Old Coptic: ⲃⲓⲕⲉ (bike)
- Sahidic Coptic: ⲃⲉⲕⲉ (beke)

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 427.13–428.15
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 78
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 111.

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