hnw

See also: HNW, ḥnw, and ẖnw

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːnaw/ → /ˈhiːnaw/ → /ˈhiːnə/ → /ˈhiːn/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːnaw/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːnaw/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːnə/; compare the Akkadian transcription 𒄭𒈾 (ḫi-na)
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːn/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: henu

Noun

 m

1. jar
2. a liquid measure of volume equivalent to 32 r(ꜣ)w or ¹⁄₁₀ of a ḥqꜣt (about 0.48 litres).

Inflection

Declension of hnw (masculine)

singular	hnw
dual	hnwwj
plural	hnww

Descendants

• → Hebrew: הִֽין
  • → Latin: hin
    • → English: hin

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: henu

Noun

 m

1. group of associates
2. family

Inflection

Declension of hnw (masculine)

singular	hnw
dual	hnwwj
plural	hnww

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: henu

Noun

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1. waves

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛnuː/
  • Conventional anglicization: henu

Noun

 m

1. jubilation
2. acclaim, praise, worship (of man or god)
   • c. 1401 BCE, Amduat of Amenhotep II (tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35) First Hour, closing text, lines 8–9:

     jw hy n rꜥ r r(ꜣ) ꜥꜣwj tꜣ hnw n.k srq ꜣḫw ꜥq.k sbꜣ n(j) wrt

     May there be cries of joy for Ra at the opening of the double doors of the earth, and acclaim for you who make the akh-spirits breathe when you enter the door of the Great (i.e. the afterworld).

Inflection

Declension of hnw (masculine)

singular	hnw
dual	hnwwj
plural	hnww

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hnw  

hnw	hny

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 493.2–493.14, 493.24, 494.1–494.4
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, pages 158–159
• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106.