nhp

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Nahuatl, Pajapan, from Spanish náhuatl and Classical Nahuatl nahuatl.

Symbol

nhp

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Pajapan Nahuatl terms

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps compare Hebrew נָאַף for the ‘copulate’ sense, but as the Egyptian verbs are likely identical, with a basic meaning of ‘to leap’, a connection with the Hebrew term is doubtful.

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːhap/ → /ˈnaːhap/ → /ˈnaːhəp/ → /ˈnoːhəp/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːhap/ (infinitive)
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːhap/ (infinitive)
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːhəp/ (infinitive)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈnoːhəp/ (infinitive)

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛhɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: nehep

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive) to leap (+ m-ꜥ: to leap out of reach of, to escape)
2. (intransitive, medicine, of blood vessels) to pulse, to beat
3. (transitive) to throw down [Late Period]

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nhp nhpw, nhp nhpt nhp nhp ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nhp ḥr nhp m nhp r nhp suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nhp.n consecutive nhp.jn terminative nhpt perfective3 nhp obligative1 nhp.ḫr imperfective nhp prospective3 nhp potentialis1 nhp.kꜣ subjunctive nhp verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nhp.n — — perfective nhp nhp nhp, nhpw5, nhpy5 imperfective nhp, nhpy, nhpw5 nhp, nhpj6, nhpy6 nhp, nhpw5 prospective nhp, nhptj7 nhptj4, nhpt4 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 nhp  

nhp

[Old Kingdom]

Verb

 3-lit.

1. (intransitive, of people or bulls) to copulate

   Synonyms: dꜣ, dꜣdꜣ, nk

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nhp nhpw, nhp nhpt nhp nhp ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nhp ḥr nhp m nhp r nhp suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nhp.n consecutive nhp.jn terminative nhpt perfective3 nhp obligative1 nhp.ḫr imperfective nhp prospective3 nhp potentialis1 nhp.kꜣ subjunctive nhp verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nhp.n — — perfective nhp nhp nhp, nhpw5, nhpy5 imperfective nhp, nhpy, nhpw5 nhp, nhpj6, nhpy6 nhp, nhpw5 prospective nhp, nhptj7 nhptj4, nhpt4 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.

Descendants

• Sahidic Coptic: ⲛⲟⲩϩⲃ (nouhb)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928), Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 283.7–284.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962), A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 135