hnn

See also: ḥnn and ẖnn

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English, Hanunoo, and Tagalog Hanunoo.

Symbol

hnn

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hanunoo terms

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /hn̩/

Interjection

hnn

1. 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.

1. (transitive) to load, to burden (something) so that it bends down
2. (transitive) to incline or nod (one’s head) in assent
3. (transitive) to heed, to attend to (someone’s words or speech)
4. (reflexive) to take one’s leave (+ n or ḥr: of (someone or something))
5. (intransitive, of the heart) to trust (+ ḥr: in)
6. (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 perfect hnn.n, hn.n hn consecutive hn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative hnnt perfective3 hn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 hnn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective hnn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 hnn hnn potentialis1 hn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive hn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles 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 perfect hn.n hnw, hn consecutive hn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative hnt perfective3 hn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 hn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective hn, j.hn1 active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 hn hnn potentialis1 hn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive hn, j.hn1 active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect hn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective hn active + .tj1, .tw2 hn hnn, hnnj6, hn2, hnw2 5, hny2 5 imperfective j.hn1, hn, hny, hnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 j.hn1, j.hnw1 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, 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