“Welcome” and “Come” in Hieroglyphs

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!

Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 we are going to be looking at a word 𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁 that has two 𓏻 meanings! The word 𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁 is “𓇍𓇋𓂻” which can mean “come” or “welcome” depending on the context! 

The “reed with legs 𓇍” symbol is a combination of the “reed 𓇋” and the “walking legs 𓂻” symbols. 𓇍 is a uniliteral phonogram symbol, and is usually associated with the sound “j.” 

The “reed 𓇋” is a very popular symbol that I’m sure you all recognize! 𓇋 is also a uniliteral phonogram symbol, and is also associated with the sound “j.” This symbol can also act as an ideogram for the word “reed 𓇋𓏺.” When the symbol is doubled “𓇌” it is associated with the sound “y.” Now, most will translate the “reed 𓇋” as having the sound of “i,” but that sound association only became popularized during Greek times! 

The “walking legs 𓂻” symbol is a determinative in words that have to do with motion. It can also function as a biliteral phonogram and was associated with the sound “jw.” 𓂻 could also function as an ideogram for the word “step 𓂻𓏺.” 

So all together, 𓇍𓇋𓂻 would have possibly been pronounced like “ı͗ı͗” or “jj”!! In this word, “𓇍𓇋” are the phonograms and “𓂻” is the determinative! The determinatives at the end of words 𓌃𓂧𓏏𓀁 were not pronounced and instead acted like punctuation! The determinative “summarized” the meaning of the word 𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁 and let you know that the word 𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁 was finished! 

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