hnn

See also: ḥnn and ẖnn

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /hn̩/

Interjection

hnn

Indicating thinking or pondering.

Synonyms

hmm

Translations

indicating thinking or pondering — see hmm

Anagrams

NNH

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:

Conjugation of hnn (second geminate / 2ae gem. / II. gem.) — base stem: hn, geminated stem: hnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
hnn⁸	hnn	hnnt	hnn, hn	hnn, hn

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
hnn, hn	ḥr hnn	m hnn	r hnn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	hnn.n, hn.n	hn	consecutive	hn.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	hnn.n, hn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	hnnt
perfective³	hn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	hnn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	hnn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	hnn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	hnn	hnn	potentialis¹	hn.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	hnn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	hn	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	hn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	hn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	hn	hn, hnw⁵, hny⁵
imperfective	hnn, hnny, hnnw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	hnn, hnnj⁶, hnny⁶	hnn, hnnw⁵
prospective	hn, hntj⁷	—	hnntj⁴, hnnt⁴

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.
⁸ hn before suffix pronouns.

Later changed to inflect as a strong biliteral:

Conjugation of hn (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: hn, geminated stem: hnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
hn	hnw, hn	hnt	hn, j.hn	hn, j.hn

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
hn	ḥr hn	m hn	r hn

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	hn.n	hnw, hn	consecutive	hn.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	hn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	hnt
perfective³	hn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	hn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	hn, j.hn¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	hn.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	hn	hnn	potentialis¹	hn.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	hn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	hn, j.hn¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	hn.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	hn	active + .tj¹, .tw²	hn	hnn, hnnj⁶, hn², hnw^{2 5}, hny^{2 5}
imperfective	j.hn¹, hn, hny, hnw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.hn¹, j.hnw^{1 5}, hn, hnj⁶, hny⁶	hn, hnw⁵
prospective	hn, hntj⁷	—	hntj⁴, hnt⁴

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 hnn

hnn

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], 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