ḫḫ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hh"

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /χiχ/ → /χiχ/ → /χeχ/ → /χeχ/

Noun

 m

  1. neck of a human
  2. throat
    Synonym: bgs
    • c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 21–22:[1]




      ḫr.n jbt ꜣs.n.f w(j) ntb.kw ḫḫ.j ḫm.w
      Thirst fell and overtook me so that I was parched and my throat was like dust.

Inflection

Declension of ḫḫ (masculine)
singular ḫḫ
dual ḫḫwj
plural ḫḫw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫḫ  
ḫḫ
[Middle Kingdom]

Descendants

  • Bohairic Coptic: ϧⲁϧ (xax)

References

  1. ^ Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 71–72
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