ḫḫ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hh"

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /χiχ/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /χiχ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /χeχ/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /χeχ/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /xɛx/
  • Conventional anglicization: khekh

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:

     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

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 331.3–331.10