hnn
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English
Pronunciation
Interjection
hnn
Synonyms
Translations
indicating thinking or pondering — see hmm
Anagrams
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛnɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: henen
Verb
2ae gem. or 2-lit.
- (transitive) to load, to burden (something) so that it bends down
- (transitive) to incline or nod (one’s head) in assent
- (transitive) to heed, to attend to (someone’s words or speech)
- (reflexive) to take one’s leave (+ n or ḥr: of (someone or something))
- (intransitive, of the heart) to trust (+ ḥr: in)
- (intransitive) to incline one’s head or nod in assent
Inflection
Originally a second geminate verb:
1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. |
Later changed to inflect as a strong biliteral:
1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hnn
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 494.10–495.12
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 159
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