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kneading-trough ; " k6v " or " k6p " leaven ; " kot " or " kdt " or " kat " wicker basket ; 

 <kam" rush of which cords are made; "ham" rush; " kemg " or " keme " or " kemi " 

 Egypt ; " katsh " reed ; " kgrousia " prison ; " kalibi " hut, house of reeds ; " kalibSs " house of 

 reeds. — The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Third dynasty to the end 

 of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 7, and k. pi. 7 to 67). The kneading-trough was found by C. 

 C. Felton lett. used to the present day for a cradle in Greece. 



Triodia pungcns of the shores of the Southern portion of the Red Sea. The character check- 

 ered with black — on the Gliddon mummy-case, as is a drinking-cup under the Tenth dynasty (Leps. 

 d. ii. pi. 145), after the manner of the shallow baskets made in Yemen at Makulla ; which baskets 

 are sometimes brought down the Nile through Nubia to Egypt : I did not compare the material, but 

 I remarked a creeping grass of rattan-like hardness in the maritime sands at Mocha, the spikelets 

 Festuca-like but with soft hairs among the florets. T. pungens called " schoucham," was observed 

 by Forskal p. 22 growing in sandy places from Lohaia to Mocha. 



9 R Pinnotheres, the parasitic crab in oysters and other bivalves ; ("pinna" and crab, or "pin- 



nophulax," signifying cared for by his household, Horap. ii. 102); "harakinos" crab; 

 " karkinos " the constellation Cancer in the Zodiac ; " kev " or " kSv " debility, infirmity ; " koovgf " 

 weak; " koui " or " kouji " small, young; " kletos " relatives; " kaphe'os " uncle; " kaur8a " aunt 

 by the father's side; "ke" or "kgouei" or "kaSui" or "koou" or "kooug" others; "k8s8£p£" the rest. 

 — The character occurs under the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 10). A second form * 2 P from 



the Tenth dynasty Qs . -p to the Twenty-second (Leps. d. ii. pi. 150, and k. pi. 27 to 



44). A third form ^/ M under the Eighteenth dynasty (Leps. d iii. pi. 50). 



c^fHN-, a hinge ; (pinnotheres by its claw warning its protector, Horap. ii. T02) ; "keljS" angle ; 

 " kllc " or " kSli " knee ; " k61j " or '■ kelj " to incline, bend ; " kgljkSli " to bend knee ; " k£rso " 

 door; "k£rs" kind of fish; " koulaji " a little fish; — in English "the cardinal point." The 

 character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Fifth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, 39, and 65) and in a modified 

 form — <o>> — under the Nineteenth (Leps. d iii. pi. 162. and Rosell. m. cul. xxix. 1). 

 [/-[-p| (pinna closing its shell, Horap. ii. 102); " koulSl" to wrap, envelop ; " k8ms " or "k8mts" 

 % obscurity; " kloole " clouds ; "kaki"or "haki" or " kak£ " or "k£kg" darkness; " k8kg " 

 pupil of the eye ; (" hcmian " black part of the eye. Plut. is. & osir. p. 364) ; " hamg " or " kamg " or 

 "kame" or " kem " black; " kod " around, circuit. — The character occurs as early as the Nine- 

 teenth dynasty (Leps. d. iii. pi. i(<2, and Rosellin. mon. cul. xliv. 4). 



a, 8, 1, ('>. u, or the short guttural. The interjection eh ! , used for interrupting. 



(crocodile rendered immovable by touch of ibis-feather, Horap. ii. 77); "8" or " 8 hrei " or 

 "gbren " or "8hrai " or "chlC-i " or "grat " or " 8rm " or "8rn" to ; "8mpo " or "8vo or " 8v66u " 

 mute; " tt " or " 8ti " who ; "gfh£" how; "etve" or "8thv8" on account of; "£ti" yet, — in 

 Greek "8ti," in English "yet." — The character occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from 

 the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 5 to 67) : is fur- 

 ther traceable in the form of the fifth letter of the Phoenician, Greek, Roman, and West European 

 alphabets. 



(star signifying five, from the five planets ; also night; also god inhabiting the world, the 

 Egyptians thinking that nothing would stand or hold together without god, Horap. i. 13 and 

 ii. 1); "dg"five; " 8ve " obscurity ; " gjfirh " or "gjorh " night (the Egyptians thinking night the 

 beginning of all things. Aristot. xii. (>, and IJamasc, compare Gen. i. 2) ; "£hi " an age. — The char- 

 acter occurs from the Fourth s~~\ dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps'k. pi. 7 to 67). 

 The star within a circle W-j~J occurs from the Twenty-eighth dynasty to~the end of hieroglyphic 

 writing (sarcoph. Amyrt., v "~ Champ, diet. 13, and Leps. d. iv. pi. 85) ; is besides the " p£n- 

 talpha" of the Greeks, described by Luchn (compare the above five guttural vowel-sounds). 



shrine: "81am" portico or piazza; " glpeei " or " 8rp8 " or " grphgi " temple; ("grvit" 

 sacrina, gestatoria, Edw.) ; "gthep" hidden mystery, sacred vow ; — in Greek " elpis " hope. 

 c lll = l, The character occurs under the Fourth dynasty (Leps. d. ii. pi. 19). A second form [7\ 

 under the Fifth dynasty, and continues in use more or less modified until the Roman con- JJLL 

 quest (Leps. d. ii. pi. 63 to iv. pi. 37). 



|| ll "£nk°t" bed; "gjen" or " 8jn " or » 8jm " or " 8j6 " upon; " enkot " or " 8nkat » or 



\L, c=Q " enkotk " sleep, to sleep ; " vtsh8 " or " evtsh8 " or " gvtshg " or « Cvt.she " or " evtshi " or 

 " ovtsh " or " 6\tsh " or " 6v8tsh " to slumber, be unconscious, incoherent, absence of care torpor, 

 oblivion ; — in Hebrew " byd " (pronounced " bSd " by my Egyptian guide) house ; in En°iish 

 " bed." The character occurs from the Third dynasty to the Roman conquest (Leps d ii pi ^"and 

 k. pi. 7 to 59). • • i o, 



■i^ (ant and " nuktgrithos " wings signifying staying in the house, for if the wings are placed on 

 an ant-hill none of the ants will come out, Horap. ii. 60) ; " grvi " or " 8rs6 " or "8rsh6 " habi- 

 tation ; " £rj " bird. — The character occurs under the . . . dynasty (Champ, gram. 371 37") 



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