wnwn

Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛnuːn/
  • Conventional anglicization: wenun

Verb

 4-lit.

1. (intransitive) to move about
2. (transitive) to move about (a place)

Inflection

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

infinitival forms imperative infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural wnwn wnwnw, wnwn wnwnt wnwn wnwn ‘pseudoverbal’ forms stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2 wnwn ḥr wnwn m wnwn r wnwn suffix conjugation aspect / mood active passive contingent aspect / mood active passive perfect wnwn.n wnwnw, wnwn consecutive wnwn.jn active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 terminative wnwnt perfective3 wnwn active + .tj1, .tw2 obligative1 wnwn.ḫr active + .tj1, .tw2 imperfective wnwn active + .tj1, .tw2 prospective3 wnwnw, wnwn wnwnw, wnwn potentialis1 wnwn.kꜣ active + .tj1, .tw2 active + .tj1, .tw2 subjunctive wnwn active + .tj1, .tw2 verbal adjectives aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles active passive active passive perfect wnwn.n active + .tj1, .tw2 — — perfective wnwn active + .tj1, .tw2 wnwn wnwn, wnwnw5, wnwny5 imperfective wnwn, wnwny, wnwnw5 active + .tj1, .tw2 wnwn, wnwnj6, wnwny6 wnwn, wnwnw5 prospective wnwn, wnwntj7 — wnwnwtj1 4, wnwntj4, wnwnt4 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 312.