# hnn
## English
### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /hn̩/

### Interjection

hnn
* Indicating thinking or pondering.

#### Synonyms

* hmm

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* NNH

## Egyptian
### Pronunciation

* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /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:
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive$^1$
singular
plural
hnn$^8$
hnn
hnnt
hnn, hn
hnn, hn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective$^2$
periphrastic prospective$^2$
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 + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
terminative
hnnt
perfective$^3$
hn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
obligative$^1$
hnn.ḫr
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
imperfective
hnn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
prospective$^3$
hnn
hnn
potentialis$^1$
hn.kꜣ
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
subjunctive
hn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
hn.n
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
perfective
hn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
hn
hn, hnw$^5$, hny$^5$
imperfective
hnn, hnny, hnnw$^5$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
hnn, hnnj$^6$, hnny$^6$
hnn, hnnw$^5$
prospective
hn, hntj$^7$
hnntj$^4$, hnnt$^4$
$^1$ 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:
infinitival forms
imperative
infinitive
negatival complement
complementary infinitive$^1$
singular
plural
hn
hnw, hn
hnt
hn, j.hn
hn, j.hn
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem
periphrastic imperfective$^2$
periphrastic prospective$^2$
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 + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
terminative
hnt
perfective$^3$
hn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
obligative$^1$
hn.ḫr
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
imperfective
hn, j.hn$^1$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
prospective$^3$
hn
hnn
potentialis$^1$
hn.kꜣ
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
subjunctive
hn, j.hn$^1$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood
relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms
participles
active
passive
active
passive
perfect
hn.n
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
perfective
hn
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
hn
hnn, hnnj$^6$, hn$^2$, hnw$^{25}$, hny$^{25}$
imperfective
j.hn$^1$, hn, hny, hnw$^5$
active + .tj$^1$, .tw$^2$
j.hn$^1$, j.hnw$^{15}$, hn, hnj$^6$, hny$^6$
hn, hnw$^5$
prospective
hn, hntj$^7$
hntj$^4$, hnt$^4$
$^1$ 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

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