wnwn

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	obligative	wnwn.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wnwn	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wnwnw, wnwn	wnwnw, wnwn	potentialis	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
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. 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.