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M; Plants and trees, part one

M1; tree
M1
Phon jAm (also, less often, jmA and jm) Det; tree, sycamore



M2; plant stalks
M2
Phon Det; js, j Phon; Hn Det; flower, plant



M3; twig
M3
Phon ht Det & Log; wood



M4; palm stalk
M4
Phon Det; rnp Log; year



M5; palm stalk with a small loaf
M5
Phon Det; tr, tj, rj Log; a certain time



M6; palm stalk with the sign for a mouth
M6
Phon Det; tr, tj, rj Log; a certain time



M7; palm stalk with a stool
M7
Phon Det; rnp, only in ‘to be young’ (rnpj) Log; to be young



M8; lotus pool
M8
Phon SA Log; akhet (season)



 M9; lotus flower
M9
Phon; nfr (rare) Deet & Log; lotus



M10; lotus bud
M10
Det; lotus bud



M11; lotus bud on a bent stalk
M11
Det & Log; to sacrifice



M12; lotus plant
M12
Phon; hA Abbr; 1,000



M13; cobra sitting on a basket
M13
Phon; wAD, wD Log; papyrus



M14; papyrus plant and snake
M14
Phon; wAD, wD



M15; bunch of papyrus
M15
Det & Log; lower Egypt, papyrus swamp



M16; bunch of papyrus
M16
Phon; HA Det & Log; lower Egypt



M17; reed leaf
M17
Phon; i Log; sedge, reed, I



M17a; two reed leaves
M17a
Phon; y



M18; reed leaf with legs
M18
Log; come



M19 leaf and club tied together
M19
Det & Log; sacrifice



M20; reed swamp
M20
Phon; sm Log; land, meadow



M21; reed swamp and noose
M21
Phon; sm Log; weed, plant



M22 rush leaf
M22
Phon; nhb



M22a ; two rush leaves
M22a
Phon; nn



M23; su plant
M23
Phon; sw Log; su rush, king



M24; su plant and mouth
M24
Phon; rs(w) but only in words denoting ‘south’



M25; sedge and mouth
M25
Phon; rs(w) but only in words denoting ‘south’



M26; sedge
M26
Phon; Sma



M27; sedge and arm
M27
Phon; Sma Log; upper Egypt



M28; sedge and animal fetter
M28
Abbr; upper Egypt




Codes

Abb; the sign is an abbreviation of a word,
Det; the sign acts as a determinative (it has no phonetic value, but provids further information about the full word),
Log; the sign is a logogram (it represents an entire word or idea),
Phon; the sign has a phonetic value, and
Phon Det; the sign is a phonetic determinant (it acts as a determinative but also has a phonetic value).


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