hp

hp

See also: HP and H&P

English

Alternative forms

• HP

Noun

hp (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of horsepower (unit of power)

Translations

horsepower

Catalan: CV (ca) m Czech: ks (cs) Danish: hk Dutch: pk (nl) Estonian: hj Finnish: hv (fi) French: ch (fr), cv (fr) German: PS (de) Hungarian: LE (hu) Italian: CV (it) Macedonian: КС (KS) Norwegian: hk Polish: KM (pl) Portuguese: CV (pt) Romanian: CP Russian: л.с. f (l.s.) Serbo-Croatian: KS Slovak: ks (sk) Slovene: KM Spanish: CV (es) m Swedish: hk (sv) Turkish: BG

Anagrams

• P&H, PH, Ph, ph

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /hip/ → /hip/ → /hep/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /hip/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /hip/
• (Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /hep/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /hɛp/
  • Conventional anglicization: hep

Noun

 m

1. cord used for determining guidelines in construction
2. law, ordinance
   • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 22–23:

     šfyt ḥtp.n.s st.s fꜣw mn(.w) r hpw.f

     Dignity, it has taken its seat, and magnificence is established according to his laws.

3. statute, written rule or law
4. (rare) norm, wont, custom

Inflection

Declension of hp (masculine)

singular	hp
dual	hpwj
plural	hpw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hp  

hꜣp	hp
[New Kingdom]	[Greco-Roman Period]
in papyri

Descendants

• Demotic: hp
  • Coptic: ϩⲁⲡ (hap)

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 488.7–489.2
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 158
• van der Molen, Rami (2000) A Hieroglyphic Dictionary of Egyptian Coffin Texts, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 297