𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤕

Punic

Alternative forms

  • *𐤀𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤕 (*ʾlbnt /⁠əlḇūnaṯ⁠/)

Etymology

Cognate to Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (ləḇōnā), Arabic لُبَان (lubān), Ancient Greek λῐ́βᾰνος (líbanos), all meaning “frankincense”. From the same root as 𐤋𐤁𐤍 (lbn /⁠laban⁠/, white).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lvuːnaθ/, /əlvuːnaθ/

Noun

𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤕 (lbnt /lḇūnaṯ/) f (plural 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕 (lbnwt /⁠lḇūnūṯ⁠/))

  1. frankincense

Descendants

  • Demotic: ꜣlbwnṱ
    • Old Coptic: ⲁⲗⲃⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲧ (albounout)

References

  • Steiner, Richard C. (2001) “Albounout “Frankincense” and Alsounalph “Oxtongue”: Phoenician-Punic Botanical Terms with Prothetic Vowels from an Egyptian Papyrus and a Byzantine Codex”, in Orientalia, volume 70, number 1, pages 97–103
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