# dpt
## Egyptian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (reconstructed) IPA: /ˈtʼVːput/ → /ˈtʼVːpuʔ/ → /ˈtʼVːpa/ → /ˈtʼVːpə/
* (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼVːput/
    where V represents an unknown short vowel.
* (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼVːpuʔ/
    where V represents an unknown short vowel.
* (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼVːpa/
* (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼVːpə/
* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /dɛpɛt/
** Conventional anglicization: depet

#### Noun

f
* 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) kmtI 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.sAs for him who sails with it, he cannot set foot on land, and his boat cannot moor at its harbor.

##### Alternative forms

dpwt :

### Etymology 2

From dp (“to taste”) +‎ -t.

#### Pronunciation

* (reconstructed) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpVt/ → /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/ → /ˈtʼiːpa/ → /ˈtʼiːpə/
* (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpVt/
    where V represents an unknown short vowel.
* (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/
    where V represents an unknown short vowel.
* (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpa/
* (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpə/
* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /dɛpɛt/
** Conventional anglicization: depet

#### Noun

f
* 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.” […]
* (figuratively) experience

##### 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: /dɛpɛt/
** Conventional anglicization: depet

#### Noun

f
* (usually in the dual) a kind of baked goods

##### Alternative forms

dpt :
[Middle Kingdom] :

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (reconstructed) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpVt/ → /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/ → /ˈtʼiːpa/ → /ˈtʼiːpə/
* (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpVt/
    where V represents an unknown short vowel.
* (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpVʔ/
    where V represents an unknown short vowel.
* (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpa/
* (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA: /ˈtʼiːpə/
* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /dɛpɛt/
** Conventional anglicization: depet

#### Noun

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

##### Alternative forms

| 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, 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
* ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58
* ↑ Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 283
* ↑ Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 71–72