hp
English
Alternative forms
Translations
horsepower
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Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /hip/ → /hip/ → /hep/ → /hep/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /hɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: hep
Noun
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- cord used for determining guidelines in construction
- 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.
- statute, written rule or law
- (rare) norm, wont, custom
Inflection
Declension of hp (masculine)
singular | hp |
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dual | hpwj |
plural | hpw |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of hp
hꜣp | hp | |||||||||||
[New Kingdom] | [Greco-Roman Period] | |||||||||||
in hieratic |
References
- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 488.7–489.2
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (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
Jingpho
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰ/
Osage
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pː, ʰp/
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