ptr

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Piamatsina with r as a placeholder, influenced by Tapiafaru.

Symbol

ptr

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Piamatsina.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Piamatsina terms

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpitɚ/, [ˈpʰitɚ], [ˈpʰiɾɚ]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
• Homophones: PETA, Peter, peter, pita (Received Pronunciation)

Noun

ptr (plural ptrs)

1. (programming) Abbreviation of pointer.
   • 1993, lbunch, “C++ dynamic array of ptrs”, in comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3 (Usenet):
   • 1998, Malcolm Watts, “Passing memory ptrs between lib and C++ code ?”, in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.memory (Usenet):

Anagrams

• PRT, RPT, RTP, TPR, Tpr, rpt, rpt.

Egyptian

Etymology 1

pw (“this”) +‎ tr (interrogative particle).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛtɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: peter

Pronoun

 interrogative stressed (‘independent’) pronoun

1. who? what?

Usage notes

Unlike the suffix pronouns and dependent pronouns, the independent pronouns are not tied to any other element of the sentence. Nevertheless, the meaning of an independent pronoun depends on context:

• After an infinitive, it is the subject of the verb.
• Before a noun, its meaning can be ambiguous:
  • In the first and second person, it could be the subject of a noun phrase.
  • Alternatively, in all persons, it can be the predicate of a noun phrase.
  • If the noun is a participle, then in all persons it could be either the subject or the predicate of a noun phrase.
  • If the demonstrative pronoun pw is placed between the pronoun and the noun, the pronoun is definitely the predicate.
• Before an adjective, in the first person only, it is the subject of an adjectival phrase.

When the independent pronoun is the subject it may, but does not always, indicate an emphasised subject.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ptr  

ptj	ptr	pw-tr

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /pɛtɛr/
  • Conventional anglicization: peter

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (transitive) to behold, to see
2. (transitive) to get to know (someone)
3. (intransitive) to see
4. (catenative) to see that

Inflection

Conjugation of ptr (triliteral / 3-lit. / 3rad.) — base stem: ptr, geminated stem: ptrr

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural ptr ptrw, ptr ptrt ptr ptr ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 ptr ḥr ptr m ptr r ptr suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect ptr.n ptrw, ptr consecutive ptr.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative ptrt perfective3 ptr active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 ptr.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective ptr active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 ptr ptrr potentialis1 ptr.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive ptr active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect ptr.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective ptr active + .tj1, .tw2 ptr ptr, ptrw5, ptry5 imperfective ptr, ptry, ptrw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 ptr, ptrj6, ptry6 ptr, ptrw5 prospective ptr, ptrtj7 — ptrtj4, ptrt4 1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. 2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. 4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular. 6 Only in the masculine. 7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ptr  

ptr

[Old Kingdom]

Interjection

1. (Late Egyptian) behold, lo, look; presents the contents of a statement

   Synonym: (Old and Middle Egyptian) m

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ptr  

ptrj

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 564.1–564.23, 565
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 96
• Junge, Friedrich (2005), Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 80, 333
• James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 56.