nmnm

Egyptian

Etymology

Perhaps a reduplication of nmj (“to traverse”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /nɛmnɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: nemnem

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to bestir oneself, to move about [chiefly Old Kingdom]
2. (intransitive, of the earth) to quake [Old Kingdom]

Inflection

Conjugation of nmnm (quadriliteral / 4-lit. / 4rad.) — base stem: nmnm

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural nmnm nmnmw, nmnm nmnmt nmnm nmnm ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 nmnm ḥr nmnm m nmnm r nmnm suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect nmnm.n nmnmw, nmnm consecutive nmnm.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative nmnmt perfective3 nmnm active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 nmnm.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective nmnm active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 nmnmw, nmnm nmnmw, nmnm potentialis1 nmnm.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive nmnm active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect nmnm.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective nmnm active + .tj1, .tw2 nmnm nmnm, nmnmw5, nmnmy5 imperfective nmnm, nmnmy, nmnmw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 nmnm, nmnmj6, nmnmy6 nmnm, nmnmw5 prospective nmnm, nmnmtj7 — nmnmwtj1 4, nmnmtj4, nmnmt4 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 nmnm  

nmnm

[Old Kingdom]

Descendants

• >? Egyptian: mnmn

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 267.11–267.14
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 133