خَنْخَنَ

, (TA,) verbal noun خَنْخَنَةٌ, (JK, S, K, TA,) [like خَمْخَمَ,] He snuffled; i. e., spoke through his nose: (TA:) he spoke indistinctly, making a sort of twang (يُخَنْخِنُ) in his خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose]. (JK, S, K.) A poet says,

خَنْخَنَ لِى فِى قَوْلِهِ سَاعَةً

فَقَالَ لِى شَيْيءًا وَلَمْ أَسْمَعِ

[He snuffled to me in his speech awhile, and said to me something, but I heard not]. (TA.)

خَنْخَنَةٌ also signifies The crying of the ape. (IAar, TA.)