nhmhm

Egyptian

Etymology

Reduplication of nhm (“to yell”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛhɛmhɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: nehemhem

Verb

 5-lit.

1. (intransitive) to yell loudly or yell a lot, to roar

Inflection

Conjugation of nhmhm (quinquiliteral / 5-lit. / 5rad.) — base stem: nhmhm

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nhmhm nhmhmw, nhmhm nhmhmt nhmhm nhmhm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nhmhm ḥr nhmhm m nhmhm r nhmhm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active contingent aspect / mood active perfect nhmhm.n consecutive nhmhm.jn terminative nhmhmt perfective3 nhmhm obligative1 nhmhm.ḫr imperfective nhmhm prospective3 nhmhmw, nhmhm potentialis1 nhmhm.kꜣ subjunctive nhmhm verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active active passive perfect nhmhm.n — — perfective nhmhm nhmhm nhmhm, nhmhmw5, nhmhmy5 imperfective nhmhm, nhmhmy, nhmhmw5 nhmhm, nhmhmj6, nhmhmy6 nhmhm, nhmhmw5 prospective nhmhm, nhmhmtj7 nhmhmwtj1 4, nhmhmtj4, nhmhmt4 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.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 157.